ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51551
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| Date: | Wednesday 28 July 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 100 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EE169 |
| MSN: | HW-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Grimbsy |
Two possibilities:
- the aircraft was shot down by the Marine-Flak-Abteilung 282 battery Horumersiel and crashed into the North Sea north of Langeoog island, Germany.
- the aircraft was shot down by Oberfeldwebel Walter Kubisch (Bordfunker of Major Helmut Lent) of the Stab IV./NJG 1, using the rear guns of Bf 110 G-4 G9+EF to shoot down the bomber. Location: North Sea near Terschelling island, the Netherlands.
Takeoff time: 22:44
Crew:-
Pilot : Warrant Officer Roy Gafford RAFVR 1321285 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Roy Newcombe RAFVR 925177 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer John Albert Harold Dale RAFVR 155092 [Killed] (NCO:1391261 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 21 September, 1943)
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Denzil Gordon Jones RAFVR 134069 [Killed] (NCO:1137132 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 05 January, 1943)
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Leslie George Bentley RAFVR 952706 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant James Sullivan RAFVR 1215235 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant James Lynch RAFVR 999000 [Killed]
The crew are all remembered on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2718&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.lancaster-archive.com
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 June 1943 | ED609 | 100 Sqn RAF | 6 | Vosdeel, Boekel, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 24 December 1943 | JB594 | 100 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 50 km W of Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Jan-2009 12:11 | larry617 | Updated |
| 26-Jul-2018 16:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 16:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 27-Jul-2023 08:48 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Destination airport, Operator]] |
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