ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52152
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| Date: | Friday 19 February 1943 |
| Time: | 21:05 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 467 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | ED525 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea N of Vlieland, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bottesford |
Probably shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Paul Gildner of the Stab IV/NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Target: Wilhelmshaven
Call Sign: PO-
Takeoff time: 17:57
Crew:-Pilot : Flight Lieutenant James Barnett Michie RAFVR 78731 (NCO:740058 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 May, 1940) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Ronald Bailey RAFVR 1104712 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer William Kadison Komaiko RCAF J/11218 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Jack Sydney Turner RAFVR 1267135 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant George McLoughlin RAFVR 1076873 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Harry Lyle Brown RCAF R/125229 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Reginald Alfred John King RAFVR 1601208 [Killed]
All are remembered on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2062B&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.lancaster-archive.com
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Jan-2009 21:15 | larry617 | Updated |
| 17-Feb-2018 07:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Aug-2018 10:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2018 20:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 04:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 17-Nov-2022 17:07 | w.bleumink | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 19-Feb-2024 07:46 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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