ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52296
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 October 1943 |
| Time: | 19:24 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 625 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JA714 |
| MSN: | CF-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee 3 km SE of Oosterend, Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kelstern |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Karl-Heinz Scherfling of the 12./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110G from Leeuwarden airfield.
Takeoff time: 17:47
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer William Parmenas Cameron RCAF J/21453 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Wilson Diggle RAFVR 1607238 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Leonard Wild RAFVR 1601483 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Albert Veron Snook RCAF J/22065 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant John Henry Hawkins RAFVR 1369127 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer Clifford Wallace McFarlane RCAF J/27316 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Frederick Allan Porter RAFVR 1415866 [Killed]
F/O Snook lies at Terschelling (West-Terschelling) General Cemetery, Netherlands; the other casualties are remembered on the Runnymede Memosial.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2998&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
- Lost Bombers
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft JA100 - JZ999, published 1990
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 March 1945 | PD375 | 625 Sqn RAF | 2 | Chemnitz, Saxony |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Sep-2011 13:33 | Uli Elch | Updated [Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Oct-2018 18:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2018 09:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 06:14 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 20-Mar-2024 15:34 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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