ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51890
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| Date: | Friday 14 May 1943 |
| Time: | 03:59 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4110 |
| MSN: | KM-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 20 km west of Den Helder, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Karl-Georg Pfeiffer of the 10./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Leeuwarden or Bergen airfield.
Target: Plzeň
Takeoff time: 21:38
Crew:
Pilot F/O. W.D. Rail 80131 RAF Runnymede Memorial 129
Flight engineer Sgt. N.K. Underwood 1000940 RAF Runnymede Memorial 167
Navigator Sgt. A.T.C. Bromwich 1392030 RAF Runnymede Memorial 143
Bomb aimer Sgt. W.C. Digby 1315999 RAF Runnymede Memorial 147
Wo ag Sgt. R.C. Boardman 1028039 RAF Runnymede Memorial 143
Air gunner Sgt. R.S.A. Walker 1085432 RAF Runnymede Memorial 168
Air gunner Sgt. G. Batty 1415510 RAF Runnymede Memorial 142
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2312&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.lancaster-archive.com
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 May 1944 | ND741 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 6 | Herbilly Cne de Mer (2km North East) 19km north-east of Blois. |  |
w/o |
| 11 November 1944 | LM648 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 7 | north of Scremby, near Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England |  |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Jan-2009 23:41 | larry617 | Updated |
| 26-Aug-2016 11:43 | Anon. | Updated [Cn] |
| 12-May-2018 15:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 10:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 12-Jan-2019 10:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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