ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 131483
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| Date: | Wednesday 14 July 1943 |
| Time: | 02:10 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DS690 |
| MSN: | KO-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rue des Alleines, Bouillon, Luxembourg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Wretham (Norfolk) |
Returned from Mission: Aachen (Germany).
Crew: Sqn/Ldr R.A.G. Baird, pilot, 33y - KIA; Sgt H. Matthews rear gunner, 19y - KIA; F/O W.J. Moorcroft, 23y, navigator, KIA; Sgt N.A.B Robinson, 31y, Australia, m/u gunner - KIA; Sgt E. Smith, 21y, wireless operator - KIA; R.A. Walker, bomb aimer, 21y, KIA; Sgt J.E.C. Odendall, South Rodesia, flight engineeer, bailed out safely, POW
Take off: 23.59 (L.T.); first mission of the KO-C
The 'Lanc' was shot down by Hauptmann August Geiger of the 7./NJG 1 (detached to I./NJG 4), who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Florennes airfield.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
Google Maps
www.lancaster-ds690.com
www.leshayons.com
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/lancaster-les-hayons
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 1943 | DS663 | 115 Sqn RAF | 7 | near the Château de la Beuvrière, Grez-Neuville, Maine-et-Loire |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jun-2011 23:22 | ThW | Added |
| 23-Dec-2013 17:10 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 15:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 05-May-2021 19:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jun-2022 00:37 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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