ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52066
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 March 1943 |
| Time: | 04:46 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | W4327 |
| MSN: | UV-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Schuurmansweg, Beltrum, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Breighton, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 21:57 LT for an operation to Berlin.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Uffz Christian Koltringer, III/NJG1) and crashed 04:12 at Kloosterhaar, 6¼ miles south-south-east of Hardenburg, Holland.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Hugh Grenfell RAAF Aus/403735 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant George Edward Lewis RAF 573570 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Stephen Falcon Scott McCullagh RAAF Aus/403754 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Ronald Cordingley RAFVR 1008290 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Phillip Wesley Dunn RAAF Aus/411010 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Robert Lincoln Potter RAAF Aus/406680 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Sidney George Webb RAFVR 955673 [Killed]
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2157
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Mar-2018 07:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2018 19:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 08-May-2019 18:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 29-Mar-2024 08:35 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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