ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 273979
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 April 1944 |
| Time: | 02:43 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 617 (Dambusters) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DV394 |
| MSN: | KC-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Between Tigerfeld and Aichstetten, 5 km NW of Zweifalten -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Woodhall Spa |
| Munich |
Airborne at 20:51 hours from Woodhall Spa. Homebound, shot down from 25,000 feet by a night-fighter flown by Hptm Gerhard Raht, 4./NJG3.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant James Leslie Cooper DFC RAF 111552 (NCO:516506 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 30 December, 1941) [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Flying Officer Tom William Clarkson DFC RAF 52689 (NCO:570521 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 07 September, 1943) [PoW]
Navigator : Flight Lieutenant Francis Elliott Drew DFC RAF 104411 (NCO:926523 : Commission Gazetted Friday 19 September, 1941) [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer George James Harden DFC RAFVR 61077 : Commission Gazetted Friday 14 March, 1941) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flying Officer Joseph Hector Charles Auguste "Charlie" Lepine DFM RCAF J/17633 (NCO:R/77184) [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flying Officer Anthony Edward Pelly RAF 147226 : Commission Gazetted Thursday 22 July, 1943) [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Frederick John Tucker RAF 146036 (NCO:1313519 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 06 July, 1943) [PoW]
Sources:
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=dv394&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/search-awards/?search=r77184&searchfield=servicenumber&type=all
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=DV394
http://s310295659.websitehome.co.uk/dambusters/drupal/docs/recordbook.pdf
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 September 1944 | NF923 | 617 (Dambusters) Sqn RAF | 3 | Vordensebinnenweg 3, Lochem, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2022 17:15 | tachel | Added |
| 10-Jan-2022 17:18 | tachel | Updated [Date] |
| 10-Jan-2022 18:06 | tachel | Updated [Source] |
| 24-Apr-2024 06:51 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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