ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234583
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| Date: | Friday 31 March 1944 |
| Time: | 00:17 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND798 |
| MSN: | AS-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Griesenbach, Buchholz, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 22:02 hrs for an operation to Nürnberg in Bayern.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Hans Schäfer of the 7./NJG 2, who had taken off from Twente airfield in the Netherlands at 23:21 hrs, in Ju 88 R4+BR.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Walter Henry Burnett RAFVR 171640 (NCO:1287372 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 18 April, 1944) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer Victor William Reginald Park RAF 172302 (NCO:1800901 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 April, 1944) [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant James Toole RAF 1684897 [PoW]
Navigator : Warrant Officer Class II Lloyd Edwin Edmunds RCAF 87093 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Richard Harrington Bannister RCAF R/145314 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Albert Binder RAF 1146522 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Peter Henry Brown RAFVR 1305927 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Frank Storer RAFVR 1085739 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ND798
Google MapsRob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 October 1943 | ED366 | 166 Sqn RAF | 6 | Obermeiser | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Mar-2020 10:16 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 22-Mar-2024 15:19 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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