ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51759
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| Date: | Sunday 13 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:21 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED828 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Stouweweg, Reutum, Tubbergen, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Helmut Bergmann of the 8./NJG 4 (detached to Stab/NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 from Deelen airfield.
Target: Bochum
Call Sign: VN-S
Takeoff time: 23:12
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Philip John Stone DFC RAFVR 66031 [Killed] (NCO:905137 Commission Gazetted : Friday 06 June, 1941)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Aubrey Hunter RAF 571223 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer William James Glenn AFC DFM RAF 50746 [PoW] (NCO:580952 Commission Gazetted : Monday 09 February, 1942)
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer William Thomas Batson DFM RAF 143468 [PoW] (NCO:1051869 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 01 June, 1943)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Alan John Mills RAF 553832 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flying Officer Murray Drysdale Stephen Hicks RCAF J/10024 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Albert Smith DFC RCAF J/15771 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2450&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 20:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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