ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51758
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| Date: | Sunday 13 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:50 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED916 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Martensplek, Nieuw Balinge, Drenthe -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Werner Rapp of the 7./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+AR from Twente airfield.
Target: Bochum
Call Sign: PM-J
Takeoff time: 22:23
Crew:-Pilot : Pilot Officer Guy Desmond King RAF 144648 [PoW] (NCO:1431224 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 08 June, 1943)
Flight Engineer : Flying Officer Roland Hemingway RAF 120477 [PoW] (NCO:1378326 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 02 June, 1942)
Observer : Sergeant Francis Norman Jay RAFVR 1319877 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant George William Backhurst RAF 1375609 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Sydney King RAF 575917 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Lieutenant Guy Benedict Milner RCAF J/10210 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Barry Matthews Godden RCAF R/99277 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2453&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Jun-2018 18:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2018 19:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 12-Jun-2023 07:00 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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