Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III ED608,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209013
 
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Date:Friday 9 April 1943
Time:23:14
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
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/timeContributorUpdates
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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