ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52191
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 February 1943 |
| Time: | 21:12 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED440 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 'Op Den Donk' near Kessel, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fiskerton |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Werner Streib of the Stab I./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 'G9+BB' from Venlo airfield.
Target: Köln
Call Sign: EA-L
Takeoff time: 18:51
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Robert Arthur Jackson RAFVR 85250 (NCO:740450 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 15 October, 1940) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Radcliffe McMahon RAF 1006033 [PoW]
Observer : Flight Sergeant Hiam Murray Magder RCAF R/69500 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Albert William Lane RAFVR 128589 (NCO:1384634 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 13 October, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flying Officer Emile Joseph Francis Dunand RCAF J/10667 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Arthur James Clover RAFVR 1324101 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Leopold Gordon Alexander RAFVR 1311746 [Killed]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2025&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Nachtjagdgeschwader/NJG1.htm
nachtjagd combat archive 1943 part one
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-Jan-2018 09:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 19:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 25-Aug-2018 10:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2018 04:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 20-Sep-2021 17:33 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 02-Feb-2024 07:43 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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