ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52297
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 October 1943 |
| Time: | 22:32 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 100 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED555 |
| MSN: | HW-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | along the Ter Borchlaan road, Eelderwolde, Drenthe -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Grimsby |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Heinz Vinke of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110G from Leeuwarden airfield.
Takeoff time: 17:46
Crew:
Pilot P/O. T.L. Simpson 157319 RAF Eelde 3 1333
Flight engineer Sgt. A.W.N. Lower 1288402 RAF Eelde 3 1328
Navigator Sgt. G.J. Godseff 1476178 RAF Eelde 3 1332
Bomb aimer Sgt. P.R. Cowling 1391652 RAF Eelde 3 1327
Wo ag Sgt. L. Cohen 1331552 RAF Eelde 3 1329
Air gunner F/Sgt. D.S. Storey R/68628 RCAF Eelde 3 1330
Air gunner Sgt. C.W. Gibb 991605 RAF Eelde 3 1331
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2997&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.drentheindeoorlog.nl/?aid=368
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 August 1943 | ED688 | 100 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 10 km N of Ameland, Friesland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Aug-2015 14:08 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2015 18:43 | Lorenzo Lamas | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Oct-2018 19:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2018 20:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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