ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52063
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 March 1943 |
| Time: | 04:11 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED761 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Veldweg, Waverveen, Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Lt. Werner Rapp of the 7./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+ER from Deelen airfield.
Target: Berlin
Call Sign: DX-Z
Takeoff time: 21:49
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Alfred Ernest Fisher RAFVR 143669 (NCO:656943 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 25 May, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Frank Alexander Bandeen RAFVR 1374522 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Harry Richardson RAFVR 1147351 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Roy Herbert George Taylor RAFVR 1187123 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Jack Westerdale RAFVR 1112260 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Donald John Simmons RAFVR 1335631 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Alick George Deane RAFVR 1197803 [Killed]
Casualties lie at the Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery, Holland (GPS 51.502028 / 4.332920)
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2154
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Mar-2018 08:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 29-Mar-2024 08:00 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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