ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 265178
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| Date: | Monday 27 September 1943 |
| Time: | 23:18 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JA704 |
| MSN: | AS-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mahlerten, Nordstemmen, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 19:10 hrs (local time) for an operation against Hannover.
Warrant Officer Paul Fulton CHESTERTON (1383472) : Pilot Distinguished Flying Cross
Sergeant Harold ACKROYD (1109915) : Flight Engineer
Sergeant Jack BULLOCK (1215473) : Wireless Operator
Sergeant Edward MILLING (656624) : Navigator Distinguished Flying Medal
Sergeant Claude Roy JACKSON (946403) : Air Gunner
Sergeant Kenneth CAVE (1126812) : Bomb Aimer
Sgt. Allan Herbert Robson Service Number 1601559
Also included a “passenger” Flight Lieutenant Henry McGHIE (129456) : Air Gunner but was a Signals Leader
The aircraft was shot down by Hauptmann Werner Hoffmann of the Stab I./NJG 5 based at Stendal airfield, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4.
Note: coned by searchlights.
Those who perished rest in the Hannover. War Cemetery. CAVE and ROBSON became POW's.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JA704&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Nachtjagdgeschwader/NJG5.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 November 1943 | JA865 | 166 Sqn RAF | 2 | near Lehnin, Kloster Lehnin, Brandenburg | |
w/o |
| 21 February 1945 | PA179 | 166 Sqn RAF | 7 | Missing | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jul-2021 15:04 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Jul-2021 15:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Sep-2022 08:15 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Narrative] |
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