ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51848
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Date: | Monday 24 May 1943 |
Time: | 02:30 |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | W4861 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Groenland, near Markelo, Overijssel -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Attacked by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant August Geiger of the 7./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield. The Lancaster exploded in mid-air.
Target: Dortmund
Call Sign: PH-M
Takeoff time: 22:55
Crew:
Pilot F/O. W.N. Mounsey 124550 RAF Markelo 4 B 7
Flight engineer Sgt. W.B. Jowett 1004252 RAF Survived POW
Navigator F/O. W.B. Whitaker 130596 RAF Markelo 4 B 10
Bomb aimer Sgt. A. Dews 1000033 RAF Survived POW
Wo ag Sgt. R.S.G. Miller 1313750 RAF Markelo 4 B 9
Air gunner Sgt. H. Pierpoint 1181213 RAF Markelo 4 B 6
Air gunner Sgt. K.G. Legg 539691 RAF Markelo 4 B 8
Sources:
SGLO database -
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2357 Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
23-May-2018 17:50 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
19-Oct-2018 18:43 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
19-May-2023 19:01 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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