ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52319
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 June 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EE121 |
| MSN: | OL-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea prob off Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
| Krefeld |
Shot down by a night fighter, there are two possibilities:
- shot down at 02:46 by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Rudolf Sigmund of the 10./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen or Leeuwarden airfield.
- shot down at 03:09 by night fighter pilot Major Helmut Lent of the Stab IV./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+EF from Leeuwarden airfield.
Takeoff time: 23:20
Crew:
Pilot F/O. H. Mappin 124457 RAF Runnymede Memorial 126 (NCO:1317562 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 08 September, 1942)
Flight engineer Sgt. C.E. Wiggett 536786 RAF Runnymede Memorial 169
Navigator Sgt. A.J. Boar 1390587 RAF Terschelling 97
Bomb aimer Sgt. G.A. Livett 1330159 RAF Terschelling 94
Wo ag Sgt. A.A. Crank 1210039 RAF Runnymede Memorial 146
Air gunner Sgt. F.W. Turner 1335872 RAF Terschelling 101
Air gunner Sgt. W. Anderson 966497 RAF Runnymede Memorial 146
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2504&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 June 1942 | R5636 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea N of Ameland, Friesland | |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Jun-2018 18:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 12-Jan-2019 11:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Jun-2020 14:34 | Anon. | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 23-Jun-2022 07:15 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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