ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51841
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 May 1943 |
| Time: | 03:25 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 467 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | ED695 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Boschweg, Burgerbrug, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bottesford |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hermann Greiner of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Target: Düsseldorf
Call Sign: PO-J
Takeoff time: 23:36
Crew:
Pilot F/O. R.S. Giddey 6157 RAAF Survived evader, POW
Flight engineer Sgt. S.G. Keirs 9430 RAAF Survived POW
Navigator P/O. P.R. Collins 133467 RAF Survived POW
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. W.V. Morris 1337961 RAF Survived POW
Wo ag F/Sgt. R.J. Avann 1335033 RAF Survived POW
Air gunner F/Sgt. A.F. Birkbeck R/102142 RCAF Bergen NH 2 E 26
Air gunner P/O. K.R. Langhorne 134377 RAF Bergen NH 2 E 25
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2377&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-May-2018 17:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2018 20:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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