ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231705
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| Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
| Time: | 02:58 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND358 |
| MSN: | GT-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Zasenbeck, Wittingen, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire |
Takeoff at 23:51 hrs for an operation against aircraft assembly factories at Leipzig in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Werner Hopf of the Stab V./NJG 5, who was flying Bf 110 G-4 C9+BG from Stendal airfield in Sachsen-Anhalt.
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Anthony Douglas Saunders DFC RAFVR 111991 (NCO:904560 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 30 December, 1941) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer John Wilkinson Taylor RAF 54339 (NCO:570584 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 April, 1944) [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Lieutenant William Meredith Sterns DFC RCAF J/5306 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Cedric Dennis Gough DFC RAFVR 129664 (NCO:950149 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 29 September, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Warrant Officer John Webster Gibb DFC RAF 632040 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flying Officer Ralph Leonard Reeves RAFVR 146103 (NCO:1187055 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 13 July, 1943) [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Lieutenant William John Donner DFM RAAF Aus/403026 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ND358
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 April 1943 | W4894 | 156 Sqn RAF | 7 | Waddenzee 15 km E of Texel, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 3 January 1944 | ND380 | 156 Sqn RAF | 7 | Riesdorf, Sachsen-Anhalt | |
w/o |
| 24 March 1944 | JB667 | 156 Sqn RAF | 6 | Großbeuthen, Trebbin, Brandenburg | |
w/o |
| 1 June 1944 | NE143 | 156 Sqn RAF | 3 | Villeguines-Aumont, Aisne |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Dec-2019 14:35 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 19-Feb-2024 13:04 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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