ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51666
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| Date: | Tuesday 29 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:17 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 100 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED609 |
| MSN: | HW-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vosdeel, Boekel, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Grimsby |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Heinrich Wohlers of the Stab IV./NJG 4 (detached to 3./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield.
Target: Köln, Germany
Takeoff time: 22:59
Crew:
Pilot W/O A.J. Thomas 1236390 RAF Eindhoven EE 63
Flight engineer Sgt. H.W.G. Vickers 575997 RAF Eindhoven EE 68
Navigator Sgt. M. Riley 1538446 RAF Eindhoven EE 64
Bomb aimer Sgt. E.W. Evans 1537404 RAF Survived POW
Wo ag Sgt. R. Winn 1080262 RAF Eindhoven EE 67
Air gunner Sgt. W.W. Hill 1412570 RAF Eindhoven EE 66
Air gunner Sgt. J.H. Davies 1315508 RAF Eindhoven EE 65
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=ED609&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 July 1943 | EE169 | 100 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea |  |
w/o |
| 24 December 1943 | JB594 | 100 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 50 km W of Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Nov-2018 18:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2018 17:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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