ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 215024
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| Date: | Monday 6 September 1943 |
| Time: | 00:24 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4370 |
| MSN: | PH-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oppau, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann August Geiger of the 7./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield, the Netherlands. The aircraft exploded.
Takeoff time: 19:57
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Derek George Leader Williams RAFVR 21350 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Kenneth John Wilson RAF 1801073 [PoW]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Ronald Willis Gard RAF 138786 [PoW] (NCO:1324448 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 25 May, 1943)
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Stanley William Frost RAF 1325769 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant J McNab RAF [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant James Pollard RAF 1242105 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant John Harding RAFVR 1589233 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W4370
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 December 1943 | JB478 | 12 Sqn RAF | 8 | near Rüdnitz, Brandenburg | |
w/o |
| 15 March 1944 | ND447 | 12 Sqn RAF | 6 | Hartheim am Rhein, Baden-Württemberg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Sep-2018 13:24 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 19-Oct-2018 18:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 17-May-2023 17:32 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Destination airport, Operator]] |
| 03-Dec-2023 15:47 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Dec-2023 15:48 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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