ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52351
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| Date: | Thursday 17 June 1943 |
| Time: | 00:59 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4901 |
| MSN: | PM-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Middegaal, Veghel, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds |
Claimed by Flak of the 2. & 3./gemischte Flak-Abteilung 665 and by night fighter pilot Leutnant Werner Baake of the 1./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield. Victory Lt. Baake later confirmed by the Luftwaffe.
Takeoff time: 22:30
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Ronald Gordon Winchester RAFVR 1333599 [Killed] Uden War Cem 5 F 6
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Horace Rocknean RAF 520821 [Killed] Uden War Cem 5 F 4
Navigator : Flying Officer George Graham Tebble RAFVR 131492 (NCO:1347606 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 24 November, 1942) [Killed] Uden War Cem 5 F 5
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Charles Patrick St Leger RAFVR 131774 (NCO:1514173) [Killed] Uden War Cem 5 F 3
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Alexander Muir Park RAFVR 1067882 [Killed] Uden War Cem 5 F 7
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant James Arthur Keighley RAFVR 1084438 [Killed] Uden War Cem 5 E 10
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Donald Estcourt McGill RAFVR 1049404 [Killed] Uden War Cem 5 F 8
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2477&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
| 26 June 1943 | W4827 | 103 Sqn RAF | 2 | IJweg 1694, Nieuw-Vennep, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Jun-2018 15:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2018 19:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 14-Mar-2024 15:59 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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