ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 216424
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| Date: | Friday 22 October 1943 |
| Time: | 21:30 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DS778 |
| MSN: | EQ-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lavelsloh, Diepenau, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Werner Husemann of the 7./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110G from probably Twente airfield, the Netherlands.
Takeoff time: 17:56
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Arthur James Whiston RCAF J/8406 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer Andrew Franklin Scanes RCAF C/18817 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Roy Ernest McComb RCAF J/18814 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Walter Kerslake RCAF J/19112 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Richard Andrew Thornton RAFVR 155349 [Killed] (NCO:1382785 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 21 September, 1943)
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Thomas Dunwoody Mayne RAFVR 1049725 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Ross Banting Jackson RCAF J/19031 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/whiston-arthur-james.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 April 1944 | DS719 | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF | 7 | Oosterschelde, near Wissenkerke, Zeeland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Oct-2018 16:54 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 23-Oct-2018 20:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 03-Jun-2023 12:10 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Destination airport, Operator]] |
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