ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52139
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 March 1943 |
| Time: | 00:43 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED592 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wadenoyen SW of Tiel, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthorpe |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oblt Horst Pause of the 1./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Target: Berlin
Call Sign: VN-B
Takeoff time: 19:01
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Francis Eric Townsend RAFVR 121412 (NCO:1077243 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 02 June, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Alfred Sandow RAFVR 1455048 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Harold Wood RAFVR 1338068 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant William Charles Yetton RAFVR 1322153 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant David George Hobbs RAF 648328 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Peter John Rose RAFVR 1541546 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Wallace Arthur Dawe RAFVR 1389130 [Killed]
All lie at the Wadenoijen Protestant Churchyard, Netherlands
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2076&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One by Theo Boiten
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Feb-2018 09:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Feb-2018 19:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 20:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Jun-2022 01:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 01-Mar-2024 08:07 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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