ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232140
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 March 1944 |
| Time: | 23:15 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4355 |
| MSN: | LS-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Golaten, Bern -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk |
| Stuttgart |
Takeoff at 19:15 hrs for an operation to Stuttgart in Germany.
Outward-bound and east of Vesoul in the Haute-Saône département (France), the aircraft was shot up in a 'Schräge Musik' attack by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin of the Stab II./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+BC from Saint-Dizier airfield in Haute-Marne, France.
Later on, the aircraft started shaking uncontrollably and was safely vacated by the crew over the Lac de Neuchâtel lake in Switzerland.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Walter "Bill" Blott RAFVR 115303 (NCO:748704 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 24 February, 1942) [Evaded]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant G R Mattock RAF 1607073 [Evaded]
Navigator : Flying Officer Cedric Nabarro RAF 151161 (NCO:1323015 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 May, 1943) [Evaded]
Bomb Aimer : Warrant Officer Class II R S Millard RCAF 129923 [Evaded]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Gordon D Gill RAF 1247559 [Evaded]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant T William Forster RAF 1567659 [Evaded]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Denis Murphy RAF 1565303 [Evaded]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W4355
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 March 1944 | L7527 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 12 May 1944 | LL752 | 15 Sqn RAF | 8 | Brouwersstraat, Leuven, Flemish Brabant |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jan-2020 19:05 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 20-Mar-2020 20:02 | Anon. | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 11-Jul-2020 12:50 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location] |
| 15-Mar-2024 08:15 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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