ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51838
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 May 1943 |
| Time: | 03:22 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED834 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Schelde near Vlissingen, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bardney, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Bardney |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Werner Hopf of the II./NJG 5 (detached to 2./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Target: Düsseldorf
Call Sign: WS-Z
Takeoff time: 23:19
Crew:
Pilot F/O. H.W. Woodhouse 110587 RAF Vlissingen E 18-19 Washed up near Vlissingen 8 Jun 43
Flight engineer Sgt. L.J. Daker 1579189 RAF Vlissingen E 18-19 Body recovered from sea 11 Jun 43
Navigator Sgt. J.B. Corbett 1553400 RAF Vlissingen E 13 Body recovered from sea
Navigator Sgt. H.J. Warren 1388638 RAF Vlissingen E 17 Body recovered from sea
Wo ag Sgt. W. Smith 1034418 RAF Vlissingen E 14 Body recovered from sea
Air gunner Sgt. A.G. Coffin 1578186 RAF Vlissingen E 16 Body recovered from sea
Air gunner Sgt. E.L. Matthews 1457373 RAF Vlissingen E 15 Body recovered from sea
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2371&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/ED8341943-05-26.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Oct-2014 10:37 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-May-2018 17:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 19:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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