ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51108
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| Date: | Thursday 16 December 1943 |
| Time: | 18:01 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JA853 |
| MSN: | MG-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Follega, just west of Tjeukemeer, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the 12./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+DZ from Leeuwarden airfield.
Target: Berlin, Germany
Takeoff time: 16:24
Crew:
Pilot W/O W.A. Watson 412327 RAAF Runnymede Memorial 191
Flight engineer F/Sgt. R.E. Hedges 1800194 RAF Lemmer C 8 227
Navigator W/O W.M. Waterman 415061 RAAF Lemmer C 8 226
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. C.L. Robinson 412270 RAAF Lemmer C 8 225
Wireless op F/Sgt. J. Butterworth 408306 RAAF Runnymede Memorial 192
Air gunner F/Sgt. R.D. McWha 414816 RAAF Lemmer C 8 223
Air gunner Sgt. J. Hurst 1817269 RAF Lemmer C 8 224
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3217&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Dec-2018 08:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Dec-2018 20:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 13-Dec-2018 10:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
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