ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 185698
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| Date: | Sunday 31 January 1943 |
| Time: | 03:24 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED477 |
| MSN: | WS-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ristedt south of Bremen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshiret |
Lancaster ED477 T/o on 30/01/1943 in RAF Waddington at 23:49hrs. Launch by flak and night fighters. The dead was first buried on 02.02.1943 in Vechta. After the war the dead crewmembers were reburied at the Rheinberg War Cemetery. Flt Sgt. Jack Findlay Thomas on the Sage War Cemetery. The crash site were examined by the German crash site researcher and historian Volker Urbansky 2016.
Aircraft claimed by Lt Ernst Weiss 1/NJG3 - Ristedler Moor South of Bremen: 5,000m at 03:24
Sources:
v.urbansky@t-online.de
Volker Urbansky from Cloppenburg-Germany
Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 1
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Mar-2016 14:40 | Anon. | Added |
| 31-Jan-2018 19:54 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Jan-2018 19:57 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2018 10:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Other fatalities] |
| 01-Nov-2018 15:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 01-Nov-2018 15:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 12-Nov-2020 15:10 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 23-Nov-2020 11:07 | Jixon | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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