ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206752
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| Date: | Friday 26 February 1943 |
| Time: | 20:46 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4815 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | claim location: 30 km NNW of Schiermonnikoog, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF |
Claimed destroyed by Oblt Paul Zorner of the 2./NJG 3, but actually made it back to base.
Operation: Gardening in the Frisian island chain
Call Sign: EM-C
Damage: category AC: Repair is beyond the unit capacity (i.e.may be repaired on site by another unit or contractor)
The Lancaster was lost on 25/26th February 1944 on an operation to Augsburg, all the crew being killed.
Pilot : Pilot Officer James Edward Derbyshire RAFVR 170953 [Killed] (NCO:1478298 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 29 February, 1944)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant George Cannock RAFVR 1833215 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Frank Stewart Cooke RAFVR 1383704 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Charles Thomas Leslie Clement RAFVR 1800987 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant George Ernest Wright RAFVR 1335060 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John Skinner Barker RAFVR 1893502 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant John William Linfoot RAFVR 1582834 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One by Theo Boiten
http://www.lancaster-archive.com/lanc_prod_metrov2.htm
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Feb-2018 09:24 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Feb-2018 09:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 26-Feb-2018 09:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 01-Nov-2018 09:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 19-Apr-2022 19:10 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2022 15:14 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 04-Jan-2024 15:27 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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