ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 218184
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 November 1943 |
| Time: | 18:50 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | JA939 |
| MSN: | LQ-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Westerstraat 25, Ter Apel, Groningen prv -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the 12./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+HZ from Leeuwarden airfield.
Target: Berlin
Takeoff time: 17:12
Crew:
Pilot F/Lt. H.K. Lefroy DFC J/7598 RCAF Ter Apel A 20 381
Flight engineer P/O. P.J.M. Scott 158004 RAF Ter Apel A 20 382
Navigator F/Lt. C.W. Cole DFC 108152 RAF Survived POW
Bomb aimer F/O. W.J. Lawrence J/20164 RCAF Ter Apel A 20 384
Wo ag F/Lt. R. Gardiner DFC J/15548 RCAF Ter Apel A 20 386
Air gunner P/O. J.G. Odell J/19278 RCAF Ter Apel A 20 383
Air gunner W/O J.G.S. Kavanaugh R/67163 RCAF Ter Apel A 20 385
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3109&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 February 1945 | PB183 | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF | 7 | Inner Altstat Dresden |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Nov-2018 13:20 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 23-Nov-2018 15:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 14-Jun-2022 10:16 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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