Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III ED804,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51827
 
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Date:Friday 28 May 1943
Time:02:09
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:460 Sqn RAAF
Registration: ED804
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Moordakker, Herveld, Gelderland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Binbrook
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Walter Schön of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield.

Target: Essen
Call Sign: AR-Z
Takeoff time: 23:14
Crew:
Pilot F/O. C. Harrison 131027 RAF Uden War Cem 5 H 1
Flight engineer F/Sgt. C.R.S. Morris 1221985 RAAF Survived POW
Navigator W/O W.G. Schrader 413434 RAAF Survived POW
Bomb aimer F/Lt. C.C. Bates 415391 RAAF Survived POW
Wo ag Sgt. W.A. Blackwell 1272014 RAF Uden War Cem 5 H 4
Air gunner F/Sgt. J.A. Grant 420661 RAAF Uden War Cem 5 H 2
Air gunner F/Sgt. E.J. Kerr 414697 RAAF Uden War Cem 5 H 3

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2393

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
29-May-2018 17:46 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
23-Oct-2018 19:39 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
23-May-2023 12:50 TigerTimon Updated [[Operator, Operator]]

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