ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52293
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 October 1943 |
| Time: | 19:20 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB175 |
| MSN: | MG-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Gieten cemetery, Drenthe -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Show down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the 12./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+DZ from Quakenbrück airfield, Germany.
The aircraft was on a bombing raid to Leipzig, Germany. The entire crew of seven perished in the crash.
Takeoff time: 17:44
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Donald Moulton Watson RAFVR 1316881 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant David Strachlan Wilson RAF 631262 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Frank Edward White RAFVR 570403 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Ernest Charles Pocknell RAFVR 1320385 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Edwin Carter RAFVR 1271552 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Leonard Walter Searle RAFVR 930345 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Kenneth Gore RAFVR 656684 [Killed]
All lie at the Gieten General Cemetery, Netherlands.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2995&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.drentheindeoorlog.nl/?aid=368
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 January 1944 | JB682 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | Ramsel, Lingen, Ems, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 21 January 1944 | JB408 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | Klein Wohnste, Wohnste, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Aug-2015 14:08 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Oct-2018 18:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 14:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 07-Apr-2024 15:16 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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