ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 193238
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| Date: | Monday 21 December 1942 |
| Time: | 23:10 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4787 |
| MSN: | PM-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Le Moulin à Vent, Solre-le-Château, département du Nord -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds, UK |
Takeoff at 17:28 hrs for a bombing raid on München, Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Rudolf Rehdanz of the 1./NJG 4, who had taken off from Florennes airfield in Belgium.
Pilot : F/L John Colin McIntosh Rose DFC RAAF Aus/401249 [Killed]
F/E : Sgt Frank John Fisher RAF 577301 [Killed]
Nav : Sgt Peter Laird Donald RAFVR 1219684 [Killed]
Nav : Sgt Gordon Thomas Hawkins RAF 655684 [Killed]
W/Op : F/S William Edward Ryan RAFVR 985591 [Killed]
M/U : Sgt Edward Jack Smith RAFVR 1213633 [Killed]
R/G : Sgt Frederick Trimmer RAFVR 1393247 [Killed]
Sources:
http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/112525/article/2017-02-01/une-stele-en-memoire-des-jeunes-soldats-tues-dans-un-crash-d-avion-en-1942
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=828
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 July 1944 | PA985 | 103 Sqn RAF | 0 | near RAF Little Horwood, Buckinghamshire |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Feb-2017 17:36 | gerard57 | Added |
| 12-Nov-2020 20:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2022 12:59 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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