ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51688
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| Date: | Saturday 26 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:40 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED943 |
| MSN: | DX-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | De Hors, pole 8, Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:04 for an operation to Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Martin Drewes of the 7./NJG 3 (detached to IV./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen or Leeuwarden airfield.
Crew:
Pilot F/O. D.H. Reid DFC 118486 RAF Den Burg K-5-102
Co-Pilot F/O. W.J. Wheeler 132788 RAF Den Burg K-5-102
Flight engineer Sgt. G.S. Hodges 630317 RAF Den Burg K-5-102
Navigator Sgt. J.C. Evans DFM 149139 RAF Den Burg K-5-102
Bomb aimer Sgt. A.McG. Sandars 656180 RAF Den Burg K-5-102
Wo ag Sgt. J.W. Palmer 155842 RAF Den Burg K-5-102
Air gunner F/O. E.H. Patrick 124740 RAF Den Burg K-5-102
Air gunner Sgt. D. Telfer 1586042 RAF Den Burg K-5-102
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=ED943&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 March 1943 | R5894 | 57 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Riseholme, 3 miles SSE of Scampton; Lincolnshire, England |  |
w/o |
| Collision with pole or wires | ||||||
| 5 January 1945 | PB348 | 57 Sqn RAF | 0 | Near Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire. | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Dec-2018 21:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2018 19:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 15-Jan-2019 12:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 05:23 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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