ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 176940
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 March 1944 |
| Time: | 21:35 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND351 |
| MSN: | OF-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Auf der Horst, Frotheim, Espelkamp, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Bourn |
Shot down by a German fighter plane, during a bombing raid on Frankfurt/Main in Germany.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Richard Edward Cooper RAF 171628 (NCO:1322277 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 March, 1944) [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Frederick Sydney Witcher RAF 1604721 [PoW]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Alexander McFadyen RAF 1558415 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Anthony Lunt RAF 610005 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Norman Alan Smith RAF 1549297 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Percy James Copus RAF 1430308 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Ronald Hinde RAFVR 1391619 [Killed]
Sources:
http://www.spurensuche-owl.de/front_content.php?idart=191
Bing Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 February 1942 | R5486 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 17 April 1942 | R5513 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 7 | Augsburg (Bayern) | |
w/o |
| 30 July 1943 | ED862 | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 150 km N of Ameland, Friesland |  |
mis |
| 23 September 1943 | JA708 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 3 | west of Edenkoben, Rheinland-Pfalz (claim location) | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jun-2015 18:18 | gerard57 | Added |
| 07-Jun-2016 20:51 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 29-Jun-2018 09:17 | ehren69 | Updated [Location, Destination airport] |
| 01-Nov-2018 15:20 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 10-Nov-2018 22:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 01-Apr-2021 12:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
| 22-Mar-2024 07:46 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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