ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 214196
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Date: | Tuesday 10 August 1943 |
Time: | 01:31 |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | W4236 |
MSN: | QR-K |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Marbehan, Habay, Luxembourg -
Belgium
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Syerston |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Norbert Pietrek of the 2./NJG 4, flying Bf 110 F-4 '3C+BK' from Florennes airfield.
Takeoff time: 23:10
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant J C Whitley RAF 155499 [Evaded]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant George William Sidney Spriggs RAFVR 1193053 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant P B Smith RAF 1333883 [Evaded]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant W Walker RAF 1458025 [Evaded]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant E F Gardiner RAF 1322805 [Evaded]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Nevil Temple Holmes RAFVR 1335294 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant John Topham Kendall RCAF R/178673 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W4236 Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Aug-2018 08:00 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
03-Nov-2018 08:57 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
26-Jun-2022 01:06 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
09-Aug-2023 07:06 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [[Location]] |
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