Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III JA852,
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Date:Thursday 23 September 1943
Time:22:58 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:9 Sqn RAF
Registration: JA852
MSN: WS-L
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Gerolsheim, Rheinland-Pfalz -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Bardney, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 19:09 hrs (local time) for an operation against Mannheim in Baden-Württemberg.

The aircraft was shot down by Leutnant Josef Nabrich of the 3./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.

Crew:-

Pilot : P/O Robert Charles Ord RAFVR 156711 (NCO:1148096) [Killed]
F/E : Sgt George Palmer RAFVR 1583498 [Killed]
Nav : F/O Edward Raymond Davies RAFVR 134694 (NCO:1337477) [Killed]
B/A : Sgt Thomas Elliot Brydon Graham RAFVR 1601124 [Killed]
W/Op/AG : Sgt John Wilson RAFVR 1080434 [Killed]
M/U : Sgt Rowland Arthur Williams RAFVR 1604637 [Killed]
R/G : F/S Gordon Charles Fowler RAAF Aus/425009 [Killed]

All seven rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JA852&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
23 June 1943 ED699 9 Sqn RAF 7 Gellep-Stratum, Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
20 February 1944 W5010 9 Sqn RAF 7 near Stendal, Sachsen-Anhalt w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
26-Jun-2021 14:43 TigerTimon Added
07-May-2022 16:14 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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