ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52364
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Date: | Tuesday 15 June 1943 |
Time: | 01:02 |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | W4936 |
MSN: | KM-W |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Hushoven north of Weert, Limburg (RD 176500,364000) -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Dunholme Lodge |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Manfred Meurer of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield. Also claimed by Flak of the 3./gemischte Flak-Abteilung 591.
Target: Oberhausen
Takeoff time: 22:17
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Geoffrey Brandrick Haywood RAF 41408 [Killed] Eindhoven JJB 92
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Raymond George Foot RAFVR 1212342 [Killed] Eindhoven JJB 93
Navigator : Flying Officer Ronald Kirby RAFVR 121510 [Killed] (NCO:744990 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 02 June, 1942) Eindhoven JJB 96
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Ronald Boardman RAFVR 1438273 [Killed] Eindhoven JJB 94
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Royce William Rivers RAFVR 1295092 [Killed] Eindhoven JJB 95
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Ronald Charles Henry Brand RAFVR 1355955 [Killed] Eindhoven JJB 97
Rear Gunner : Sergeant John Hubert Armstrong RAFVR 1380542 [Killed] Eindhoven JJB 98
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2463&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
6 September 1943 |
JA703 |
44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
7 |
Mannheim-Sandhofen (east bank Rhine river); Baden-Württemberg |
|
w/o |
23 November 1943 |
DV329 |
44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
6 |
near Rastdorf, Niedersachsen |
|
w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
26-Aug-2016 07:03 |
Anon. |
Updated [Cn] |
13-Jun-2018 17:23 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
13-Jun-2018 17:23 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Narrative] |
06-Oct-2018 10:04 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
14-Jun-2023 06:46 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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