ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51712
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| Date: | Friday 25 June 1943 |
| Time: | 00:25 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED595 |
| MSN: | MG-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 4 km east of Rilland, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambs |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Gerhard Raht of the 4./NJG 3 (detached to 1./NJG 1), flying from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Target: Wuppertal, Germany
Takeoff time: 23:21
Crew:
Pilot W/C. R.G. Barrell DSO DFC+ 78524 RAF Bergen op Zoom 3 B 3
Flight engineer P/O. H.J. Hudson DFM 14310 RAF Survived evader, returned
Navigator F/Lt. F. Hilton DFC 41330 RNzAF Bergen op zoom RCAF 6 F 10
Bomb aimer F/Lt. J.A. Emery DFC J/15421 RCAF Survived POW
Wo ag P/O. S.G. Keatley DFM 142839 RAF Survived POW
Air gunner W/O J.A. Pearson DFM 906682 RAF Survived POW
Air gunner W/O E.G.J. Pointer DFM 647914 RAF Bergen op Zoom 3 B 10
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=ED595&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 September 1944 | PB466 | 7 Sqn RAF | 3 | the edge of Bansmeer, Emden, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 20 March 1945 | PB667 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Nieuwdorp, Zeeland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Dec-2018 08:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Dec-2018 16:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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