ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239795
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| Date: | Monday 6 September 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM343 |
| MSN: | PM-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | vicinity of Cherbourg (presumably) -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
Unfavourable weather conditions on return from Mannheim & Ludwigshafen - position lost. In a last radio contact, the crew thought they were in the southwest of England - short of fuel, the crew vacated the aircraft.
Crew:-
Pilot : F/S Joseph Edmundson Nelson RAF 996509 [PoW]
F/E : Sgt Ronald Johns RAF 1581526 [PoW]
Nav : Sgt Frederick George Seale RAF 1390511 [PoW]
B/A : F/S J D Bawden RAF 136138 [Evaded]
W/Op : F/S David Telfer Gardiner RAF 1556538 [PoW]
M/U : Sgt Harold Hosfield RAF 1671696 [PoW]
R/G : Sgt Arthur Albert Dewey RAF 1043844 [PoW]
Sources:
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=6183
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 January 1943 | W4335 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | Noorderhagen Enschede, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
| 3 August 1943 | ED645 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Hanstedt, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 25 May 1944 | ND624 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | Sistig, Kall, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 18 August 1944 | PB363 | 103 Sqn RAF | 3 | Le Nieppe, Ruisscheure; département du Nord (target area) | |
w/o |
| 29 November 1944 | PB465 | 103 Sqn RAF | 6 | Near Cologne | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Aug-2020 20:00 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 05-Sep-2022 07:18 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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