ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209663
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Date: | Saturday 17 April 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | |
Registration: | W4795 |
MSN: | QR-M |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | claim location: 2 km E of Rerik, Mecklenburg -
Germany
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Syerston |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Peter Ehrhardt of the 5./NJG 5, flying a Bf 110 from Parchim airfield.
Target: Stettin
Takeoff time: 21:27
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer James Louis Rossignol RCAF J/16747 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant William John Jackson RAF 651866 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Graham Fellows RAFVR 1193202 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Peter Tristan Smith RAFVR 1290933 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Thomas Charles James Grist RAFVR 1375739 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Joseph Francis McNeill RAFVR 1550627 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Michael Charles Burgoine RAFVR 1613718 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/25147-W47951943-04-21.html http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W4795 Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
1 September 1943 |
JB132 |
61 Sqn RAF |
8 |
between Southwell and Bleasby, Nottingham; Nottinghamshire |
|
w/o |
Mid-air collision |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Apr-2018 09:36 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
03-Nov-2018 08:53 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
15-Nov-2018 08:17 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
04-Jul-2022 05:56 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
10-Aug-2022 09:38 |
Anon. |
Updated [Date, Time, Operator] |
06-Sep-2023 07:58 |
Mlupicard |
Updated [[Date, Time, Operator]] |
20-Apr-2024 11:05 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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