ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52219
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| Date: | Thursday 21 January 1943 |
| Time: | 19:45 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4335 |
| MSN: | PM-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Noorderhagen Enschede, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds, UK |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Theodor Kleinhenz of the 8./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Twente airfield.
Operation: a bombing raid on Essen, Germany.
Takeoff time: 17:43
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. E.V. Laing 406693 RAAF Enschede 211-212
Flight engineer Sgt. A.M. Willis 925963 RAF Enschede 213
Navigator Sgt. K.R. Webber 411562 RAAF Enschede 211-212
Bomb aimer Sgt. D.G. Williams 411566 RAAF Enschede 215
Wireless op Sgt. F.L. Boyd 412101 RAAF Enschede 216
Air gunner Sgt. S.C. Brewer 1600029 RAF Enschede 214
Air gunner Sgt. R. Taylor 648472 RAF Enschede 211-212
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1995&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.secondworldwar.nl/enschede/luchtoorlog-neergestorte-vliegtuigen.php#.VCMTxcIcSdI
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 August 1943 | ED645 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Hanstedt, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 6 September 1943 | LM343 | 103 Sqn RAF | 0 | vicinity of Cherbourg (presumably) |  |
w/o |
| 25 May 1944 | ND624 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | Sistig, Kall, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 18 August 1944 | PB363 | 103 Sqn RAF | 3 | Le Nieppe, Ruisscheure; département du Nord (target area) | |
w/o |
| 29 November 1944 | PB465 | 103 Sqn RAF | 6 | Near Cologne | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Sep-2014 19:08 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2014 07:19 | Anthony G. | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 03-Aug-2017 19:45 | Anon. | Updated [Cn] |
| 20-Jan-2018 09:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2018 06:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2018 18:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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