ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49941
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| Date: | Saturday 23 September 1944 |
| Time: | 23:40 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ME700 |
| MSN: | VN-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Welsummerweg road, Dalfsen, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 18:43 hrs for a bombing operation against the Dortmund-Ems canal near Ladbergen (Germany).
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Schmidt, Feldwebel Schönfeld & Feldwebel Schlosser of the 8./NJG 1, who were flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+AS from Werl airfield in Germany.
Pilot / F/Lt. O.G. Korpela J/24402 RCAF / evader
Flight Engineer / Sgt. H. MacFarlane 1822135 RAF / evader
Navigator / F/Sgt. E.H. Tunnell 1395660 RAF / Dalfsen cemetery
Bomb Aimer / F/O. C.D. Lucas 153271 RAF / evader (NCO:1323837, Gazette of 16th November 1943)
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / Sgt. R. Larcombe 1332939 RAF / Dalfsen cemetery
Mid Upper Gunner / F/O. A.B. Harvey J/38162 RCAF / Dalfsen cemetery
Rear Gunner / F/O. J.M. Dunsmuir J/21396 RCAF / Dalfsen cemetery
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4288&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
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| 2 February 1945 | PD346 | 50 Sqn RAF | 5 | NNW of Siegen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Mar-2021 19:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Sep-2021 13:13 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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