ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52056
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| Date: | Thursday 1 April 1943 |
| Time: | 07:22 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED626 |
| MSN: | PM-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 5 km east of Hulshorst station, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds |
Shot down by Oberfeldwebel Fritz Timm of the 3./JG 1, flying a Fw 190A from Deelen airfield.
The Lancaster was flying an early morning nuisance raid on a relatively small German target: Emmerich.
Takeoff time: 04:29
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Charles O'Donoghue RAF 39828 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant James Edward Callaghan RAFVR 1459176 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Antony Hare Fry RAF 658467 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Eric Richard Victor Ashcroft RAFVR 126517 (NCO:916434 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 11 August, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant John Edwin Winn RAFVR 1212281 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flying Officer Ian Crawford Burns DFM RAFVR 115731 (NCO:746939 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 31 March, 1942) [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Sefton Stafford RAFVR 1033931 [Killed]
Regular navigator was F/Lt "Taffy" Davis, formerly of 27 OTU Lichfield, who did not go on this trip.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2161&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
International Bomber Command Centre
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 April 1943 | W4828 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | Saint-Mars-d'Outille, Loire |  |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
| 18 October 1943 | JB349 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | southwest of Hildesheim, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 23 May 1944 | ND629 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | 5 km north of Ahaus, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 6 March 1945 | PB563 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | Königerode/Unterharz, 15 km NNW of Sangerhausen/Unterharz. | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Jul-2011 06:37 | w.bleumink | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 30-Mar-2018 08:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2018 19:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 08-Apr-2019 19:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Apr-2024 07:15 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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