ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52054
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| Date: | Saturday 3 April 1943 |
| Time: | 22:45 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED334 |
| MSN: | OL-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Willinkbosweg road, Winterswijk, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Herbert Lütje of the 8./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Twenthe airfield.
Target: Essen
Takeoff time: 19:55
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Frank Thompson Flower RAFVR 79541 (NCO:741605 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 18 June, 1940) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant Frank William Thomas Routledge DFM RAFVR 964395 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Frederick Albert Southon RAFVR 67049 (NCO:745646 : Commission Gazetted Friday 20 June, 1941) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Douglas McEwen RAF 655814 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Leslie Fieldhouse RAFVR 1111801 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Eric L'Estrange Lightfoot Shandley RAFVR 1380892 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Warrant Officer Clarence Malcolm McGregor Coghill RCAF R/142054 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 18 May, 1943) [Killed]
All are buried in Winterswijk.
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2172
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 June 1942 | R5621 | 83 Sqn RAF | 4 | Baltic Sea |  |
w/o |
| 22 June 1943 | ED997 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | Oeffelt - Haps, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 6 September 1943 | JB118 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | - | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Jul-2011 06:37 | w.bleumink | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 02-Apr-2018 13:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 03-Apr-2024 06:48 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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