ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 207268
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| Date: | Wednesday 10 March 1943 |
| Time: | 22:12 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED305 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | sea near Strib, Fyn Island -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington |
Shot down by Oblt. Gerhard Raht of the 5./NJG 3, flying a Do 217 from Schleswig airfield, Germany.
In the next days different wreckage and some body parts drifted ashore between Middelfart and Strib. Among these was a flying helmet with a name written in it which years later made it possible to identify the aircraft.
Operation: Gardening - mine-laying operations
Target area: Baltic Sea
Call Sign: KM-S
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Brian Thomas Campbell Smith RAFVR 1331504 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Gordon Ronald Black RCAF R/75540 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Robert Henry Carr RAFVR 127260 (NCO:1526623 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 27 October, 1942) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Charles Henry David Cook RAFVR 1387411 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Geoffrey Spencer Love RAFVR 1290988 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Charles Victor Brown RAFVR 1192773 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Alfred Healey RAFVR 1130063 [Killed]
All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.flensted.eu.com/19430013.shtml
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Mar-2018 21:43 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Oct-2018 10:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 10-Mar-2024 07:48 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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