ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51066
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 December 1943 |
| Time: | 22:30 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DS834 |
| MSN: | KO-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 'Nelehof' farm, Tungelroy, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | R.A.F. Witchford near Ely |
Takeoff at 17:28 for an operation to Berlin.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Otto Fries of the 5./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield, Belgium.
Four crew members died, three survived:
Pilot F/Sgt. J.Y. Lee 1480142 RAF Survived pow
Flight engineer Sgt. A.F. Gunnell 16250225 RAF Survived evader
Navigator Sgt. H.L. Pike 1396474 RAF Survived evader, pow
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. K.S. Bell 414457 RAAF Tungelroij 1 4
Wireless op Sgt. L.H. Jones 1576162 RAF Tungelroij 1 3
Air gunner F/Sgt. A.M. Wilkinson R/182329 RCAF Tungelroij 1 1
Air gunner Sgt. G. Johnson 1818684 RAF Tungelroij 1 2
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3274&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.moseleians.co.uk/roll-of-honour-2/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 October 1943 | DS725 | 115 Sqn RAF | 8 | Engersen, Sachsen-Anhalt |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Jun-2015 14:21 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Dec-2018 18:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2018 19:43 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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