ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52320
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:23 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED997 |
| MSN: | OL-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oeffelt - Haps, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Manfred Meurer of the 3./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+DL from Venlo airfield.
Takeoff time: 23:08
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. D.W.C. Fletcher 1389587 RAF Jonkerbos 7 I 7 initially buried Venlo
Flight engineer Sgt. E. Lidster 1025185 RAF Jonkerbos 7 I 3 initially buried Venlo
Nav ba P/O. L.A.C. Angell 148401 RAF Jonkerbos 7 I 4 initially buried Venlo
Bomb aimer Sgt. A.E. McWilliam 630736 RAF Jonkerbos 7 I 5 initially buried Venlo
Wireless op Sgt. L.V. Tanner 1312384 RAF Jonkerbos 7 I 8 initially buried Venlo
Air gunner Sgt. R. Metcalfe 1698546 RAF Jonkerbos 7 I 2 initially buried Venlo
Air gunner F/Sgt. G.C. Wickson R/97867 RCAF Jonkerbos 7 I 6 initially buried Venlo
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2503&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 June 1942 | R5621 | 83 Sqn RAF | 4 | Baltic Sea |  |
w/o |
| 3 April 1943 | ED334 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | Willinkbosweg road, Winterswijk, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 6 September 1943 | JB118 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | - | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Jun-2018 14:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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