ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51695
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| Date: | Saturday 26 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:51 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED373 |
| MSN: | SR-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea 1 km west of Wijk aan Zee, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire |
macwester:
This aircraft, on which my late uncle, Sgt. Ron Pugh, was the rear gunner, was returning from a raid on Gelsenkirchen. With one engine out of action, it was coned by searchlights, attacked and set on fire by a nightfighter (Oberfeldwebel Karl-Heinz Scherfling of the 10./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen airfield) at 02.51 on the morning of the 26th June. Only the bomb aimer, Sgt.(later Flt.Sgt.) T. G. Brook, succeeded in leaving the aircraft. Six bodies, one unidentifiable (but believed to be my uncle) were washed up on the beach at Zandvoort, and are now buried in the New Eastern Cemetery Amsterdam. The aircraft lies some distance offshore in an area of shifting sandbanks. No wreckage has ever been found.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=ED373&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 February 1944 | DV267 | 101 Sqn RAF | 3 | Boerakker, Groningen prv | |
w/o |
| 28 May 1944 | LM459 | 101 Sqn RAF | 8 | Oudelandsedijk 433, Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Aug-2009 22:47 | macwester | Updated |
| 29-Dec-2018 09:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2018 19:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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