ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209017
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| Date: | Friday 9 April 1943 |
| Time: | 23:56 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | ED521 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 50 km NW of Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Breighton |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Hans-Joachim Jabs of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: UV-B
Takeoff time: 20:44
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Donald Ian Macdonald RAAF Aus/405593 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Allan Keith Meadows RAAF Aus/8939 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Mark Hoofe RAFVR 982209 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant John Henry Dodgshun RAAF Aus/400698 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant James Lowrie Forrest RAAF Aus/401688 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant William Frederick Jones RAF 650318 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant William Frederick Allsopp RAAF Aus/408558 [Killed]
All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/18291-ED5211943-04-10.html
http://www.pro-patria.co.uk/Text/Second/william_jones.htm
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Apr-2018 12:24 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 23-Oct-2018 19:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2019 06:16 | alan@swas.net.au | Updated [Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Aug-2019 06:17 | harro | Updated [Country] |
| 09-Apr-2022 12:21 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Jun-2022 02:30 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 09-Apr-2024 07:12 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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