ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51767
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| Date: | Sunday 13 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:14 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED558 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Braamt, 3 km north of Zeddam, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bardney, Lincolnshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Manfred Meurer of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield. Also claimed by Flak.
Target: Bochum
Call Sign: WS-N
Takeoff time: 22:43
Crew:
Pilot W/O H.E. Wood 742752 RAF Zeddam 1
Flight engineer F/Sgt. C.E. Clayton 967136 RAF Survived POW
Navigator P/O. F. Archer 137602 RAF Survived POW
Bomb aimer F/O. T. Mellard 131978 RAF Survived POW
Wo ag F/Sgt. J.L. Crawford 1360429 RAF Survived POW
Air gunner W/O II H.G. Watson R/140083 RCAF Zeddam 2
Air gunner Sgt. W.R. Baker 1033161 RAF Survived POW
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2448
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Jun-2018 07:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2018 07:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 19:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 08-Jun-2023 08:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [[Operator, Departure airport, Operator]] |
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