ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51826
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| Date: | Friday 28 May 1943 |
| Time: | 01:45 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 100 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED821 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1. 5 km NE of Witmarsum, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Grimsby |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Rudolf Sigmund of the 10./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Target: Essen
Call Sign: HW-A
Takeoff time: 22:32
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. L.A. Townrow 415041 RNzAF Leeuwarden 1 5 Dow 24 Apr 44
Flight engineer Sgt. J.P. Fitchett 1150600 RAF Witmarsum 36 16
Navigator F/O. S.A. Bishop J/13118 RCAF Witmarsum 36 18
Bomb aimer Sgt. E. Short 1319336 RAF Witmarsum 36 19 a
Wo ag F/Lt. J. Bolderson 129941 RAF Survived POW (Stalag Luft 3)
Air gunner F/Sgt. A.E. Chapman 414764 RAAF Witmarsum 36 17
Air gunner Sgt. P.M. Cosgrove 1585898 RAF Witmarsum 37 17
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2390&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
Http://www.crew-ed821.nl
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-May-2018 17:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 16:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 28-Sep-2019 19:50 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2022 16:49 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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