ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208313
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| Date: | Sunday 28 March 1943 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED754 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | north of Saint-Nazaire or near Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire |
Coned by searchlights and hit by Flak, crashed north of Saint-Nazaire at 22:44 or near Saint-Nazaire at 22:47.
Target: Saint-Nazaire
Call Sign: OF-A
Takeoff time: 19:57
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Robert Ernest Weight RAFVR 119155 (NCO:1331628 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 April, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Kenneth Frederick Green RAF 574948 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Edward Frank Ball RAFVR 1334656 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Ronald James Whatley RAF 623524 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Alexander Kemp RAFVR 1123389 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Leslie Claude Alec Fisk RAFVR 1375457 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Jack Tongue RCAF R/103890 [Killed]
F/O Weight, Sgt Ball and Sgt Fisk are buried at La Baule-Escoublac cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aerosteles.net/stelefr-trignac-raf
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Mar-2018 17:03 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Mar-2018 17:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 15:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 28-Mar-2022 07:01 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Mar-2024 08:04 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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