Accident Avro Lancaster Mk I W4850,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208832
 
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Date:Sunday 4 April 1943
Time:23:35
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:156 Sqn RAF
Registration: W4850
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Sarlhusen, southwest of Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Warboys
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Siegfried Hahn of the 9./NJG 3, flying a Bf 110 from Stade airfield.

Target: Kiel
Call Sign: GT-
Takeoff time: 20:42-

Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Cecil Harold Davies RAFVR 142446 (NCO:1385477 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 11 May, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Kenneth William Taylor RAF 647282 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Jack Arthur Holderness RAFVR 1250340 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Edward Thomas McHugh RAFVR 1105617 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Alfred Rixon RAF 630984 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Albert Ronald Baker RAFVR 1585825 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Philip Jack William Grimwood RAFVR 1159783 [Killed]

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/21236-W48501943-04-05.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
05-Apr-2018 15:55 TigerTimon Added
03-Nov-2018 10:08 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
04-Apr-2024 07:04 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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