ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51934
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| Date: | Thursday 13 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:02 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED418 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Beresteinseweg, 's-Graveland, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Langar (UK) |
On bombing mission to Duisburg. Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Heinz Vinke of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen airfield. Seen in flames over Hilversum. Exploded mid-air over the western part of Hilversum. Crew buried 17-05-1943 at De Rusthof cemetery, Amersfoort.
Call Sign: EM-G
Takeoff time: 00:19
Crew:
Pilot P/O. W.D. Hawkes 145836 RAF Amersfoort 13 6 109
Flight engineer Sgt. E.S. Tompkins 1232284 RAF Amersfoort 13 6 108
Navigator Sgt. H.R. Dick 1383312 RAF Amersfoort 13 6 110-113
Navigator Sgt. G.R. Nipper 1376119 RAF Amersfoort 13 6 110-113
Navigator Sgt. A.W. Whiteoak 1149749 RAF Amersfoort 13 6 110-113
Wo ag W/O II W.A. McNair R/84846 RCAF Amersfoort 13 6 110-113
Air gunner Sgt. J. Smith 1313558 RAF Amersfoort 13 6 107
Air gunner F/Lt. A.D. Coldicott DFM 45813 RAF Amersfoort 13 6 110-113
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2295&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
E. Pelgrim, "Incident in het Rode Dorp", Eigen Perk 1997-2, p. 51-62.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Jan-2011 08:31 | Egbert Pelgrim | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 25-Jan-2011 09:06 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 25-Jan-2011 09:06 | Egbert Pelgrim | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 05-Sep-2011 11:13 | Uli Elch | Updated [Cn, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Nov-2012 04:39 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Source] |
| 09-May-2018 18:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2018 18:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 09:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 12-Jan-2019 10:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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