Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III ED432,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51750
 
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Date:Tuesday 15 June 1943
Time:02:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:49 Sqn RAF
Registration: ED432
MSN: EA-N
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near the ice cellar at the Fontijnallee road, Doorwerth, Gelderland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Fiskerton
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Hit by Flak units 10., 14.-17. & 22./z.b.V. 5708 (Flak-Regiment 24).

Target: Oberhausen
Takeoff time: 22:17
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. G.S. Cole 1388306 RAF Oosterbeek 9
Flight engineer Sgt. J.P. Harper 572648 RAF Oosterbeek 4
Navigator Sgt. C.A.S. Barnett 1319045 RAF Oosterbeek 5-7 Jew
Navigator Sgt. H. Biggin 1430145 RAF Oosterbeek 5-7
Bomb aimer Sgt. J.W. Deacon 1535807 RAF Oosterbeek 5-7
Wo ag F/Sgt. J.F. Arnold 1331734 RAF Survived POW
Air gunner Sgt. H.R. Rhodes 1038105 RAF Oosterbeek 8
Air gunner F/Sgt. J.H.D. Bryan 1387914 RAF Survived POW

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2465&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
3 January 1944 JB231 49 Sqn RAF 0 near Steinförde, Fürstenberg/Havel, Brandenburg w/o
8 July 1944 LM541 49 Sqn RAF 7 Le Chesne, Marbois, Eure département w/o
9 April 1945 PB374 49 Sqn RAF 7 Lutzkendorf mis

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
13-Jun-2018 19:22 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
30-Oct-2018 05:03 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]

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