ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51373
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| Date: | Monday 27 September 1943 |
| Time: | 23:45 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LM345 |
| MSN: | LQ-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Essen, Haren, Groningen prv -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gransden Lodge, UK |
Took off at 19:20 hrs (local time) for an operation against Braunschweig in Germany.
At 22:40 hrs (local) and some 10 km northwest of Hannover, the aircraft was suddenly raked from tail to nose by a Bf 110 G-4 in the hands of Hauptmann Siegfried Hahn of the 9./NJG 3. The port inner engine was set on fire and hydraulics damaged, forcing the crew to jettison the bomb load.
When the starboard outer engine packed up en both remaining engines began to fail, the crew evacuated the aircraft by parachute:
Pilot / S/Ldr. L.E. Logan C/1359 RCAF / evader, POW
Flight Engineer / F/Sgt. F.C. Boulter R/103971 RCAF / evader, POW
Navigator / P/O. A. Livesey 155091 RAF / POW
Bomb Aimer / F/Sgt. G.L. Watts 1527439 RAF / evader
Wireless Operator / F/Sgt. A.J. Holden 1178754 RAF / evader, POW
Mid Upper Gunner / Sgt. W.M. Gorman R/84878 RCAF / evader, POW
Rear Gunner / F/Sgt. W.D. Ridgeway 338706 RAF / evader, POW
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
Google Maps
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2907&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Dec-2011 06:26 | Uli Elch | Updated [Total occupants, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2012 14:31 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport] |
| 26-Sep-2018 14:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Oct-2018 06:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 05-Jul-2021 10:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2022 08:37 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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