ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244835
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| Date: | Sunday 20 December 1942 |
| Time: | 20:15 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED353 |
| MSN: | OL-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Duisburg-Wedau, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 18:24 hrs for a bombing operation against Duisburg.
The aircraft was hit by the 1. & 2./schwere Flak-Abteilung 472 and crashed.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Jack Marchant DFC RAAF Aus/400478 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Douglas Norman Powell RAF 533840 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Lieutenant Fenton Charles Oldmeadow RAAF Aus/400731 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Kenneth Edward Edwards RAFVR 137212 (NCO:953919 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 09 February, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Jack Phipp RAFVR 137598 (NCO:953407 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 09 February, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Richard Leslie Romig RAFVR 1310977 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant John Edward Smith RAFVR 1110205 [Killed]
All seven rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED353
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 January 1945 | PB134 | 83 Sqn RAF | 8 | Oslo Fjord |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Nov-2020 18:26 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Mar-2024 19:53 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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