ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51760
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| Date: | Sunday 13 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:20 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED816 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Slikkerdijk, Wieringerwaard, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Werner Husemann of the Stab/NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Deelen airfield.
Three crew members died. Two are MIA.
One crew member is buried at Wieringerwaard War Cemetery, the Netherlands.
Target: Bochum
Call Sign: OF-U
Takeoff time: 23:04
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. J. Thomas 1457118 RAF Survived POW
Flight engineer Sgt. C.J. Hanrahan 1195291 RAF Survived POW
Navigator W/O M.C.I. Robertson 1252445 RAF Survived POW
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. E. Bloomfield 1094825 RAF Survived POW
Wo ag Sgt. W.E. Doyle 1088094 RAF Runnymede Memorial 148
Air gunner Sgt. R. Bromley 629129 RAF Wieringerwaard 424
Air gunner Sgt. L.T. Beard 1438808 RAF Runnymede Memorial 142
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2452&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=97
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Sep-2015 13:04 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2018 20:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 15:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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