ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243490
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| Date: | Thursday 25 May 1944 |
| Time: | 02:18 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DV389 |
| MSN: | SR-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 10- 15 kn N of Prum, Nord Rhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire |
Operation - railway station at Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Josef Kraft of the 7./NJG 6, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Hagenau airfield in modern France. This was Kraft's 22nd vitory.
Crew:-
Pilot : F/S Wilfred Albert Sullock RAFVR 1319318 [Killed]
F/E : Sgt Reginald Thomas Taylor RAFVR 1892190 [Killed]
Nav : F/S Stanley William Hans RCAF R/163858 [Killed]
B/A : P/O James William Barber RCAF J/90366 [Killed]
W/Op/AG : Sgt William Davis RAFVR 1750343 [Killed]
SEO : F/S Samuel Lewis Silver RCAF R/151355 [Killed]
M/U : Sgt Nicholas Edward Hyt RCAF R/223024 [Killed]
R/G : Sgt Stewart Haslett RAFVR 2201240 [Killed]
All eight rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV389
Google Maps
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Germany%20[1937%20Borders].pdf
Theo Boiten: Nachtjagd 1944 vol 3, p. 025.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Oct-2020 18:06 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 24-May-2022 19:48 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-May-2023 20:48 | redsix | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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