ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234635
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| Date: | Sunday 23 April 1944 |
| Time: | 01:10 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND353 |
| MSN: | MG-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | target area - Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 23:20 hrs for an operation to Düsseldorf.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Modrow & Unteroffizier Schneider of the 2./NJG 1, who had taken off from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands at 00.10-15 hrs, in He 219 A-0 G9+GK.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Angus Hector MacGillivary RCAF J/19113 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Trevor Durbin RAF 1421438 [PoW]
Navigator : Warrant Officer Class II Lorne Stuart Weir RCAF R/148836 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Lieutenant Frank Bell RAF 162060 (NCO:1111123 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 18 April, 1944) [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Leonard Ernest Lamb RAFVR 1320433 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Warrant Officer Class II Ernest Albert Rhoades RCAF R/129126 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Robert Edward Smith RAFVR 1890521 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ND353
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 September 1943 | JA929 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | Berlin-Reinickendorf | |
w/o |
| 18 November 1943 | JA970 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | Hommelwerke, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg | |
w/o |
| 22 November 1943 | EE119 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | Hessendorf near Rinteln, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 23 November 1943 | JB480 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | Unknown (Berlin raid) | |
mis |
| 6 January 1945 | PB526 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | 12 km SSW from Bad Zwischenahn | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Apr-2020 14:40 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 01-Apr-2020 14:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 22-Apr-2024 06:42 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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