ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51111
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| Date: | Thursday 16 December 1943 |
| Time: | 18:11 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DV300 |
| MSN: | SR-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | NE of Tacozijl, Lemmer, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 16:25 for an operation to Berlin.
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.
Crew:
Pilot F/Lt. R.E. MacFarlane DFM J/16696 RCAF Lemmer C 8 230
Flight engineer Sgt. J.E. Clarke 1803722 RAF Lemmer C 8 229
Navigator Sgt. L.D. Wilson 1621809 RAF Lemmer C 8 228
Bomb aimer Sgt. F.R. Westall 1394339 RAF Lemmer C 8 221
Special operator F/O. L.E. Thompson J/17581 RCAF Runnymede Memorial 175
Wo ag Sgt. D.B. Harvey 1394496 RAF Runnymede Memorial 152
Air gunner Sgt. E.R.E. Jordan 1275767 RAF Lemmer C 8 231
Air gunner Sgt. J. Ireland 435308 RAF Runnymede Memorial 154
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=DV300&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 August 1944 | LL757 | 101 Sqn RAF | 9 | Lärkeröd, Östra Ljungby, 19 km ENE Ängelholm |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Dec-2018 10:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Dec-2018 10:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 13-Dec-2018 18:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 17:47 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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