ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50907
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 February 1944 |
| Time: | 23:19 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL689 |
| MSN: | KO-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer SE of Schellinkhout, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Witchford (takeoff at 17:28 hrs) |
On return from an operation against Berlin, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the 12./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer James William Ralph RAFVR 171396 (NCO:1389591 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 March, 1944) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Jack Ratcliffe RAFVR 2213842 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant John Johnston RAF 1051979 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant John David Tomlin RCAF R/144249 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant David John Young RAFVR 1318927 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flying Officer John David Dill-Russell RAFVR 80106 (NCO:777723 : Commission Gazetted Friday 04 July, 1941) [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Bernard Spencer John Akehurst RAFVR 1805343 [Killed]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3416&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
Google Maps
http://www.lancaster-archive.com
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Jan-2009 10:21 | larry617 | Updated |
| 26-Dec-2011 06:42 | Uli Elch | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2011 14:18 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 23-Dec-2019 15:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2019 15:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 23-Dec-2019 16:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 19:29 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 15-Feb-2024 07:56 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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