ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21444
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| Date: | Wednesday 16 September 1942 |
| Time: | 23:11 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7571 |
| MSN: | QR-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Lippramsdorf, Haltern am See, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bottesford |
| RAF Bottesford |
Operation - Krupp works at Essen in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Wolfrat Bauer of the 7./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Twente airfield in the Netherlands - (claim) 4 km SW Lippramsdorf (4B) 5,000m at 23:11.
All seven were taken prisoner of war:
Flt/Sgt 405267 J.D.M. Herron RNZAF PoW No.27145.
Sgt 640060 Raymond.A. Strowger RAF PoW No.27149.
Sgt 1108747 G.C. Williams RAF PoW No.27144.
Sgt 1100816 A.R. Barnett RAF PoW No.27175.
Sgt 1360652 I.F. Betts RAF PoW No.27184.
Sgt 964381 G.F. Mountney RAF PoW No.27099.
Sgt 623565 J.D. Nicholson RAF PoW No.27150.
Lancaster L7571 was originally delivered to 97 Squadron in April 1942 and completed 5 ops there before moving to 61 Squadron in May 1942 as "QR-S" and was on loan to 207 squadron (still coded "QR-S") at the time of its loss.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
http://www.lancaster-archive.com/lanc_uknowncrashsites.pdf
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three - Dr Theo E W Boiten
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jun-2008 11:09 | JINX | Added |
| 04-Jul-2008 22:34 | JINX | Updated |
| 18-May-2013 14:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2013 19:53 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 17-Sep-2017 14:28 | Red Dragon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Jul-2018 18:38 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 08:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 01-Jun-2020 11:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jun-2020 09:57 | Mark Hanson | Updated [Narrative] |
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