ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52318
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:27 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 619 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EE198 |
| MSN: | PG-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Heusden - Asten, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Wilhelm Herget of the Stab I./NJG 4 (detached to 3./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield.
Takeoff time: 23:23
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. D.V. Jordan 901880 RAF Jonkerbos 3 G 3 initially buried Venlo
Flight engineer Sgt. W.A. Davies 1160814 RAF Jonkerbos 3 G 1 initially buried Venlo
Navigator F/O. W.M. Girdwood 127972 RAF Jonkerbos 3 G 4 initially buried Venlo
Bomb aimer Sgt. E. Stanley 1387764 RAF Jonkerbos 3 G 5 initially buried Venlo
Wireless op Sgt. B. Howe 1313057 RAF Jonkerbos 3 G 2 initially buried Venlo
Air gunner Sgt. F. Burton 1300347 RAF Jonkerbos 12 H 7 initially buried Venlo
Air gunner Sgt. W.J. Parkes 1600874 RAF Jonkerbos 4 H 1 initially buried Venlo
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2506&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 January 1944 | LM423 | 619 Sqn RAF | 4 | Ankum, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Jun-2015 15:45 | Anon. | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 18-Jun-2018 14:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 18:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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