ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51700
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| Date: | Friday 25 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:29 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4311 |
| MSN: | SR-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Maas river near Grubbenvorst, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Günther Radusch of the Stab II./NJG 3 (detached to Stab I./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield.
Target: Wuppertal, Germany
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. J.E.W. Lane 1390339 RAF Jonkerbos 11 I 4
Flight engineer Sgt. R.W. Ridgley 1320885 RAF Jonkerbos 11 H 8
Navigator Sgt. T.W. Connor 658849 RAF Jonkerbos 11 I 1
Bomb aimer Sgt. S.F. Barker 1338327 RAF Jonkerbos 11 I 3
Wo ag Sgt. S.E. Williams 1386325 RAF Runnymede Memorial 170
Air gunner Sgt. A. Twohy 702593 RAF Jonkerbos 11 I 2
Air gunner Sgt. N. Fotheringham 1560291 RAF Jonkerbos 11 I 5
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=W4311&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 January 1944 | LM387 | 101 Sqn RAF | 8 | 6 km SW of Grabow, Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim, Mecklenburg |  |
w/o |
| 13 August 1944 | DV292 | 101 Sqn RAF | 8 | Brockum, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 8 March 1945 | PD268 | 101 Sqn RAF | 8 | Missing |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Dec-2018 08:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Dec-2018 16:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 20-Jun-2022 00:33 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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