ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243849
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| Date: | Thursday 22 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:25 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB180 |
| MSN: | OL-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tripsrath, Geilenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:21 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Wesseling.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Rudolf Kötter of the 8./NJG 2, who was flying a Junkers Ju 88 from Volkel airfield in the Netherlands.
All seven crew members rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Albert Robinson Dunn DFC RAF 40897 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Flying Officer Samuel Boyle DFM RAFVR 170182 (NCO:1293476 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 22 February, 1944) [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Gilbert Walter Fairweather DFC RAFVR 128618 (NCO:1396340 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 13 October, 1942) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Douglas Louis (Duggie) Cramp DFC RAFVR 139688 (NCO:1380283 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 20 April, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flying Officer Howard Spencer RAFVR 139384 (NCO:747779 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 16 March, 1943) [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Thomas Norman Usher RAFVR 1676820 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Douglas George Bertie Scarff RAFVR 1032289 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB180
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 February 1944 | ND505 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | Kats, Zeeland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2020 17:12 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 13-Mar-2024 13:32 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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