Date:	Wednesday 15 March 1944
Time:	22:40 LT
Type:	Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:	57 Sqn RAF
Registration:	JB474
MSN:	DX-F
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Saignelégier, JU -   Switzerland
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:	RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire

Narrative:
Takeoff at 18:57 hrs for an operation to Stuttgart in Germany. Outbound and near the French-German border, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz Rökker of the 2./NJG 2, who was flying Ju 88 R-2 R4+BB from Langensalza airfield in Germany. Time of the attack was 22:35 LT, the aircraft being set on fire in two successive attacks.

Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Samuel Cunningham Atcheson DFC RAFVR 161591 (NCO:947531 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 28 December, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Brian Henry Maude Thomas RAFVR 1649209 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Antony Patrick McCall RAF 174060 (NCO:658657 : Commission Gazetted Saturday 06 May, 1944) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Jack Greenhalgh RAFVR 1503641 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Frank Slater Weaver RAFVR 1428641 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Kenneth A Reece RAF 1818908 [Interned]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant James Willie Naylor RAFVR 2216119 [Killed]

http://www.warbird.ch/contento/Berichte/Abstürze/JU/ImSchneesteckengeblieben/tabid/648/language/de-CH/Default.aspx
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft JA100 - JZ999, published 1990
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB474
Google Maps
Warbird Book

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
29-May-2010 02:09	Alpine Flight	Added
05-Sep-2011 11:37	Uli Elch	Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Source]
08-Sep-2011 06:36	angels one five	Updated [Time, Operator]
17-Jan-2012 11:16	Nepa	Updated [Time, Operator, Source]
29-Aug-2013 17:33	JINX	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Narrative]
07-Nov-2018 19:43	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
15-Jan-2020 18:56	TigerTimon	Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
15-Jan-2020 19:09	TigerTimon	Updated [Location, Narrative]
11-Jul-2020 15:38	Alpine Flight	Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
15-Mar-2024 07:49	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative]