ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51986
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| Date: | Saturday 1 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:36 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4925 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Drenthelweg road, Aalten, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Wilhelm Dormann of the 9./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield.
Target: Essen
Call Sign: PH-N
Takeoff time: 00:25
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant James Wallace Potts RAFVR 123653 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flight Sergeant Frank Bruce Gillan RAAF Aus/409042 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Ronald Martin RAFVR 1010657 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Derek Sheldon RAFVR 745491 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant William Woodland RAFVR 1318406 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Kenneth Hall DFM RAF 635059 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Leonard Gill RAFVR 1351297 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Jack Sidney Harris RAFVR 1312247 [Killed]
All lie at the Winterswijk Cemetery, Netherlands except Flight Sergeant Sheldon who is remembered at the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2226
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Apr-2018 10:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2018 13:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2018 18:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Operator] |
| 30-Apr-2024 07:08 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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