ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 212068
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| Date: | Sunday 13 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:26 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED987 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea poss W of Zandvoort, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor |
Probably shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Hermann Sommer of the Ergänzungsstaffel/NJG 2 (detached to 1./NJG 1), flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+CH from Gilze-Rijen airfield. He claimed a Lancaster shot down over the North Sea 10 km west of Zandvoort.
Target: Bochum
Call Sign: SR-A
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Richard George Claydon RAFVR 1315110 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Alexander McIntyre Law RAF 626292 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Denis Charles Goodwin RAFVR 131493 [Killed] (NCO:1337443 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 24 November, 1942)
Bomb Aimer : Warrant Officer Norman Harry Lavin RNZAF NZ/403582 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Ronald Vincent Fielding RAFVR 1383094 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant William Douglas McMurachy RCAF R/116366 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Ernest Joseph St Germain RCAF R/7817 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED987
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jun-2018 07:21 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 09-Oct-2018 05:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 23-Jun-2022 01:46 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 12-Jun-2023 06:57 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Location]] |
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