ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51432
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| Date: | Tuesday 24 August 1943 |
| Time: | 02:18 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DS722 |
| MSN: | KO-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 20 km west of Castricum, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Little Snoring |
Hit by Leutnant Werner Baake of the 1./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield. The Lancaster ditched into the North Sea.
Target: Berlin
Takeoff time: 21:07
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. D.F. Townsend 408937 RAAF Survived POW, rescued from sea after six days
Flight engineer Sgt. T.W. Coulthart 578088 RAF Survived POW, rescued from sea after six days
Navigator Sgt. D.W. MacDonald 1578548 RAF Runnymede Memorial 157
Bomb aimer Sgt. R. Gardham 1473913 RAF Survived POW, rescued from sea after six days
Wo ag Sgt. F. Abell 1498310 RAF Bergen NH 2 B 5 Washed up pole 26 near Camperduin 12 Nov 43
Air gunner Sgt. A.R. Line 1817558 RAF Runnymede Memorial 157
Air gunner Sgt. E.M. Morgans 1313895 RAF Runnymede Memorial 159
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2851&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 August 1943 | DS665 | 115 Sqn RAF | 7 | Chart Sutton, Maidstone, Kent |  |
w/o |
| 25 March 1944 | LL694 | 115 Sqn RAF | 7 | along the Lochemseweg road, Epse, Gelderland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Aug-2018 14:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2018 19:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
| 29-Aug-2018 14:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 16:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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