ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52371
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:13 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED434 |
| MSN: | EA-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1.5 km SW of Dodewaard, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fiskerton |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Hans-Dieter Frank of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Target: Oberhausen
Takeoff time: 22:32
Crew:
Pilot W/O R. Frost 1147365 RAF Survived POW
Flight engineer F/Sgt. N.C. Hitchcock 1332226 RAF Survived POW
Navigator F/O. A.E. Whittaker 127067 RAF Uden War Cem 5 F 2
Bomb aimer Sgt. V. Horsley 658990 RAF Uden War Cem 5 G 13
Wo ag Sgt. J.R. Coulsey 1050302 RAF Uden War Cem 5 F 1
Air gunner F/Sgt. W.L. Chatfield R/99842 RCAF Uden War Cem 5 G 11
Air gunner Sgt. P.A. Toms 1317569 RAF Uden War Cem 5 G 12
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2466&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 March 1944 | ND474 | 49 Sqn RAF | 7 | Bolstern, Bad Saulgau, Baden-Württemberg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Jun-2018 17:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2018 05:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 23-Jun-2022 03:39 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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