ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208508
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| Date: | Friday 2 April 1943 |
| Time: | 23:41 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4257 |
| MSN: | DX-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Saint-Nazaire -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Syerston |
Coned by searchlights and hit by Flak.
Target: Saint-Nazaire
Call Sign: DX-O
Takeoff time: 20:07
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Robert Leslie Pickup RAFVR 144185 (NCO:1239591 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 01 June, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Roland William Lea RAF 577749 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Arthur Eddie Bagley RAFVR 1236213 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Henry Philip Hunter RAFVR 1332920 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant William Geoffrey Barnes RAFVR 1379802 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Kenneth Arthur Tester RAFVR 1397311 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Calvin Warren Dahl RCAF R/102105 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/25340-W42571943-04-03.html
http://www.aerosteles.net/stelefr-stpere-lancaster
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 November 1942 | W4307 | 57 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Hipstedt, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Mar-2018 07:35 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Apr-2018 14:08 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 02-Apr-2022 19:40 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 02-Apr-2024 06:54 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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