ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52355
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| Date: | Thursday 17 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:46 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED785 |
| MSN: | EA- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | mouth of the Schelde 2 km SW of Vlissingen, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fiskerton |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Rudolf Frank of the 2./NJG 3 (detached to 2./NJG 1), flying Bf 110 G-4 D5+CH from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Takeoff time: 22:11
Crew:
Pilot S/L. G.G. Storey 37615 RAF Vlissingen E 25 Recovered from sea near Westkapelle at 21-6-43
Co-Pilot Sgt. J. Burnside 1148682 RAF Vlissingen E 21
Flight engineer Sgt. G.S. Underlin 1271149 RAF Vlissingen E 24 Recovered from sea near Zoutelande at 18-6-43
Navigator F/O. Ronald Charles Blythe 133459 RAF Vlissingen F 25 Washed up Vlissingen harbour at 22-7-43 (NCO:1397189 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 22 December, 1942)
Bomb aimer Sgt. W.H. Waring 1348637 RAF Runnymede Memorial 168
Wireless op Sgt. M.G. Webb R/101741 RCAF Survived POW, rescued by German patrol vessel
Air gunner Sgt. M.E. Bunn R/102867 RCAF Vlissingen E 22
Air gunner Sgt. H. Buttrey 991263 RAF Vlissingen E 23
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2476&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Jun-2018 17:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2018 05:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 23-Jun-2022 01:49 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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