ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52363
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Date: | Tuesday 15 June 1943 |
Time: | 01:20 |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | W4949 |
MSN: | KM-H |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Stoep, Meijel, Limburg -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Dunholme Lodge |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Günther Radusch of the Stab II./NJG 3 (detached to 3./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield.
Target: Oberhausen
Takeoff time: 22:32
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Peter James Shearman RAFVR 146112 (NCO:1318965) [Killed] (NCO:1318965 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 06 July, 1943) Runnymede Memorial 133
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant Edward Lockington Pugh RAF 618980 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial 138
Navigator : Pilot Officer Norman Lewis Ballamy RAFVR 148012 [Killed] (NCO:1333960 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 17 August, 1943) Runnymede Memorial 130
Navigator : Flying Officer Frank Mansell Richards RAFVR 124113 [Killed] (NCO:1527979 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 11 August, 1942) Jonkerbos 16 E 8
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Benjamin William Card RAFVR 1331878 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial 144
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Gordon Clifford Andrew Zedy RAFVR 908724 [Killed] Jonkerbos 16 E 9
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Clifford Walter Akeister RAFVR 1007571 [Killed] Jonkerbos 16 E 7
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2464&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
17 April 1942 |
L7536 |
44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
7 |
near Le Vieil-Evreux, Eure 27 |
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w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
13-Jun-2018 18:05 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
06-Oct-2018 10:05 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
15-Jun-2023 07:01 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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