ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231701
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| Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
| Time: | 03:00 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB745 |
| MSN: | PM-I |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Düshorn, Walsrode, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 00:01 hrs for an operation against aircraft assembly factories at Leipzig in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was damaged by the night fighter pilots Oberfeldwebel Rudolf Frank of the 3./NJG 3 (flying Bf 110 G-4 D5+HL from Vechta airfield in Niedersachsen) and Oberleutnant Franz Brinkhaus of the 7./NJG 2. It was also coned in searchlights and engaged by heavy Flak units.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant William Leslie Bradley RAFVR 1129431 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Francis James Taylor RAFVR 2202861 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Thomas Frederick Johnston RAFVR 1387379 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Jack Luck RCAF R/105215 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Ernest William Hamilton RAFVR 1238004 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Frederick George Francis Osborne RAFVR 1395421 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Flying Officer Arthur Stevens RAFVR 87717 (NCO:842488 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 03 December, 1940) [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB745
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Dec-2019 13:58 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 19-Feb-2024 13:02 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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