ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51991
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| Date: | Saturday 1 May 1943 |
| Time: | 03:20 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED783 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vennekamp 8, Hessum, Dalfsen, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Wolfgang Thimmig of the Stab III./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+BR from Twente airfield.
Target: Essen
Call Sign: KM-F
Takeoff time: 00:25
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Leslie James Ellis RAFVR 145792 (NCO:1384243 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 29 June, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Rex Lake Le Page RAF 577884 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer William Arnold Rollings RCAF J/21818 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant John Bonser Browne RAFVR 1336517 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Herbert Charles Ellis RAFVR 1270431 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Robert Williams RAFVR 974495 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Stanley Stuart McClellan RAFVR 1384317 [Killed]
All lie at the Dalfsen General Cemetery, Netherlands (GPS 52.506387 / 6.250834)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2227&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Apr-2018 13:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 10:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 22-Jun-2022 16:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 30-Apr-2024 07:09 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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