ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52116
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| Date: | Friday 5 March 1943 |
| Time: | 22:34 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4847 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer near Hindeloopen, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by Major Helmut Lent of the Stab IV/NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.
The aircraft was on a bombing raid to Essen, Germany.
Call Sign: OL-V
Takeoff time: 19:43
Crew:
Pilot P/O. H.A. Partridge J/16966 RCAF Runnymede Memorial 177
Flight engineer Sgt. R.O. Fulton R/87122 RAF Hindeloopen D 1 6 Found near Schuilenburg at 8 Mar 43
Navigator F/O. L.W. Sprackling 116671 RAF Workum D 1 1
Bomb aimer Sgt. H. Fell 1379924 RAF Runnymede Memorial 149
Wireless op Sgt. J.M. Freshwater 1376200 RAF Runnymede Memorial 150
Air gunner Sgt. A.D. Dinnis 1337405 RAF Makkum M 34 Found Ijsselmeer near Gaast at 7th Jun 43
Air gunner Sgt. J.L. Organ 541922 RAF Hindeloopen D 1 5 Washed up 6 Mar 43
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One by Theo Boiten
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2097&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.626-squadron.co.uk/willem26.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Jan-2015 11:29 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2018 14:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 22-Jun-2022 09:52 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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