ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51993
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| Date: | Saturday 1 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:35 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED706 |
| MSN: | DX-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer off Muiderberg, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton |
Takeoff at 00:03 LT for an operation to Essen, Germany.
Hit by heavy Flak of the 1. & 3./schwere Flak-Abteilung 428.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant William John Glotham RAFVR 957981 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Kenneth Mansley RAFVR 1068163 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Albert Victor Ansell RAFVR 1390280 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Michael James Grace RAFVR 1335182 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Joseph Hodgson RAFVR 1130071 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant William Nugent RAFVR 1523977 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Cyril Douglas Todd RAFVR 1579135 [Killed]
All are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2228&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.twgpp.org/information.php?id=3250356
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 November 1944 | LM624 | 57 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 1 km N of Vlieland, Friesland | |
mis |
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Sep-2013 07:25 | noromoxy | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Apr-2014 21:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Source] |
| 30-Apr-2018 09:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2018 10:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 02-Apr-2019 19:43 | Anon. | Updated [Cn] |
| 01-Jun-2019 17:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 20-Jun-2022 21:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 30-Apr-2024 07:11 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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