ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 217059
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 November 1943 |
| Time: | 19:51 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 625 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED321 |
| MSN: | CF-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Düsseldorf-Reisholz, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kelstern |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Erwin Ernst of the 6./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 DU+HF from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield, Belgium.
Takeoff time: 17:23
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant John Gladstone Blackwood RAFVR 656138 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Raymond Skelton RAFVR 1584644 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Richard Donald Yates RAFVR 1545898 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Sidney Aaron Robbins RAFVR 1338962 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Frederick Arthur Watkins RAFVR 1505043 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant James McGregor Smith RCAF R/186445 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Reginald Littlehales RAFVR 1268196 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED321
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 March 1944 | ME684 | 625 Sqn RAF | 0 | Aaltenseweg 97, Varsseveld, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Nov-2018 16:48 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 01-Nov-2018 17:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 19:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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