ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208508
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Date: | Friday 2 April 1943 |
Time: | 23:41 |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | W4257 |
MSN: | DX-O |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Near Saint-Nazaire -
France
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Syerston |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Coned by searchlights and hit by Flak.
Target: Saint-Nazaire
Call Sign: DX-O
Takeoff time: 20:07
Crew:-
Pilot : P/O Robert Leslie Pickup RAFVR 144185 (NCO:1239591) [Killed]
F/E : Sgt Roland William Lea RAF 577749 [Killed]
Nav : Sgt Arthur Eddie Bagley RAFVR 1236213 [Killed]
B/A : Sgt Henry Philip Hunter RAFVR 1332920 [Killed]
W/Op/AG : Sgt William Geoffrey Barnes RAFVR 1379802 [Killed]
M/U : Sgt Kenneth Arthur Tester RAFVR 1397311 [Killed]
R/G : F/S Calvin Warren Dahl RCAF R/102105 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/25340-W42571943-04-03.html http://www.aerosteles.net/stelefr-stpere-lancaster
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
31-Mar-2018 07:35 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
03-Apr-2018 14:08 |
Anon. |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
07-Nov-2018 19:11 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
02-Apr-2022 19:40 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Narrative] |
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