ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209013
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Date: | Friday 9 April 1943 |
Time: | 23:14 |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | ED608 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Hit by Flak.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: SR-T
Takeoff time: 20:20
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Earle Milton Nelson DFC RAAF Aus/401227 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Edward Victor Newstead RAF 638014 [PoW]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Ron Bowen Anzac Pender RAAF Aus/411517 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Charles William Shields RAAF Aus/408098 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Roy Alexander Parnell RAAF Aus/411514 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant John Richmond Riley RAAF Aus/415182 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Thomas Arthur Bird RAFVR 1337140 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/23261-ED6081943-04-10.html http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc/20_men.html http://www.156squadron.com/101display_missionhdr.asp?MissionId=362 Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
09-Apr-2018 11:24 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
09-Apr-2018 11:25 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
09-Oct-2018 05:11 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
09-Apr-2024 07:07 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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