ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 214201
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| Date: | Tuesday 10 August 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED719 |
| MSN: | EA-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Erfenbach, Kaiserslautern, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fiskerton |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hans-Georg Birkenstock of the Stab I./NJG 6, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Mainz-Finthen airfield.
Takeoff time: 23:07
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Lawrence Ernest Watson RAF 1239392 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Ernest Charles Lynch RAF 908860 [PoW]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Clifford Thomas Green RAF 657338 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Herbert James Edward "Bert" Cole RAF 1315991 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant John Joseph Goodall RAF 1108882 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant John Walter Turner RAF 1167925 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Maurice Everett Scarfe RCAF R/143441 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED719
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 May 1944 | NE125 | 49 Sqn RAF | 7 | Crashed in a peat-bog 1km South of Hagen | |
w/o |
| 22 June 1944 | ND683 | 49 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea off Walcheren, Zeeland |  |
w/o |
| 21 November 1944 | PB300 | 49 Sqn RAF | 6 | wooded area at Hörstel, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Aug-2018 08:20 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 30-Oct-2018 05:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 09-Aug-2023 07:04 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Destination airport, Operator]] |
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