ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 265250
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| Date: | Thursday 30 September 1943 |
| Time: | 01:43 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB143 |
| MSN: | VN-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
T/O 18:24 hrs (local time) for a Gardening operation to Spinach I (Baltic Sea off Gdynia).
Flying at 2300 metres altitude JB143 was attacked by Oberleutnant Werner Speidel of 10./NJG 3 (flying a Junkers Ju 88).
The Halifax was damaged and ditched at 01:43 hours in the North Sea.
The whole crew managed to get out of the bomber but Navigator Sgt Bernard Ridsdale was washed away by a wave and disappeared. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
The six others were taken prisoner of war.
Sources:
http://www.flensted.eu.com/19430099.shtml
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 July 1942 | R5728 | 50 Sqn RAF | 7 | Braine-le-Comte, Hainaut |  |
w/o |
| 23 September 1944 | LM212 | 50 Sqn RAF | 6 | Slangenburgweg road at Zelhem, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jul-2021 19:23 | TigerTimon | Added |
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