ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51842
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 May 1943 |
| Time: | 01:51 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED660 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | De IJzeren Man, Vught, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Kurt Liedke of the 1./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Target: Düsseldorf
Call Sign: SR-U/bar
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. V.J.S. Tindale 1480799 RAF Uden War Cem 5 C 2
Flight engineer Sgt. E. Shackleton 1507344 RAF Uden War Cem 5 D 9
Navigator Sgt. A.T.M. Wright 655863 RAF Uden War Cem 5 D 13
Bomb aimer Sgt. D.L. Berresford 1211846 RAF Uden War Cem 5 C 1
Wo ag Sgt. B.C. Ainsworth 1079641 RAF Uden War Cem 5 D 10
Air gunner Sgt. C.W. Bates 1586116 RAF Uden War Cem 5 D 11
Air gunner Sgt. A.S. Thomson R/112455 RCAF Uden War Cem 5 D 12
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2374&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-May-2018 17:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 05:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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