ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 238314
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| Date: | Tuesday 13 July 1943 |
| Time: | 01:08 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | RAF |
| Registration: | ED531 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sion -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bottesford, Leicestershire |
| Bottesford, Leicestershire |
Shot down by Swiss flak and crashed. All seven occupants were killed. This was the second Lancaster shot down by Swiss flak in this night. 14 people were killed all together.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Graham Douglas Mitchell RAAF Aus/416693 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Benjamin Kenneth Hall Evans RAFVR 1031846 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Harold Raymond St. George RAAF Aus/414737 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Walter Henry Morgan RAFVR 134667 [Killed] (NCO:1317714 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 09 February, 1943)
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant John Martin Maher RAAF Aus/409844 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Anthony David Terry RAAF Aus/19117 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Hugh Burke Bolger RAAF Aus/414193 [Killed]
Sources:
https://warbird.ch/wb-events/abschuss-durch-schweizer-flab/
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jul-2020 12:32 | Alpine Flight | Added |
| 12-Jul-2023 06:15 | Rob Davis | Updated |
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