ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52030
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| Date: | Friday 9 April 1943 |
| Time: | 22:45 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED618 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Doornspijk, NE of Harderwijk, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Oskar Köstler of the 10./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 F-4 G9+CX from Bergen airfield. The Lancaster exploded in mid-air after being hit in the bomb bay. This was Köstlers' 6th Abschuss, he was killed in the explosion of his victim.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: SR-X
Takeoff time: 20:40
Crew:-
Pilot : Warrant Officer John David Steele RCAF R/94702 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Hence RAF 632926 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Michael John Bennett RAFVR 957663 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant D'Arcy Gould RAFVR 1255195 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flying Officer Norman James Ritchie RAAF Aus/412843 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Stanley Grundy DFM RAF 626664 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant William David George O'Brien RAFVR 1323095 [Killed]
All lie at the Doornspijk General Cemetery, Netherlands (GPS 52.428545 / 5.828542)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2187&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.flevolanderfgoed.nl/home/erfgoed/oostelijk-flevoland-2/vliegtuigwrakken-2/lancaster-ed-618.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Jul-2017 16:58 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Apr-2018 20:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Apr-2018 12:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities] |
| 09-Oct-2018 05:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Jun-2022 02:05 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 09-Apr-2024 07:09 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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