ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52356
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| Date: | Thursday 17 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:41 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED497 |
| MSN: | EA-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gemert - Boerdonk NNW of Helmond, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fiskerton |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Manfred Meurer of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield.
Takeoff time: 22:12
Crew:
Pilot F/Lt. C.W. Dunnet 85661 RAF Eindhoven EE 69
Flight engineer Sgt. R.F. Middlebrook 1079596 RAF Eindhoven JJB 100
Navigator Sgt. R.G. Smith 1339131 RAF Eindhoven JJB 101-102
Bomb aimer Sgt. W.A. Dutton 1239969 RAF Eindhoven JJB 99
Wo ag Sgt. M.F. Haley 1313051 RAF Eindhoven JJB 101-102
Air gunner P/O. C.A. Edwards 138891 RAF Eindhoven JJB 103
Air gunner Sgt. R.M.W. Selby Lowndes 1585667 RAF Eindhoven JJB 104
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2475&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Jun-2018 17:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2018 05:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 22-Jun-2022 15:41 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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