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| Date: | Thursday 17 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:45 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED629 |
| MSN: | PH-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Grote Heide, Neerpelt, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Günther Radusch of the Stab II./NJG 3 (detached to 3./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands.
Takeoff time: 22:57
Crew:
Pilot Sgt Arthur C. Aylard, Flight Engineer Sgt Joseph Scott, Navigator Sgt Thomas Alexander, Bomb Aimer Sgt Maurice Roy Williams, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt Henry Joseph Patrick Lackey, Air Gunner Sgt John Wilfred Noel Westlake and Air Gunner Sgt Rex Swain.
More details: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED629
R.I.P.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED629
http://www.luchtvaarterfgoed.be/content/monument-bemanning-lancaster-iii-ed629-ph-k
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jan-2017 10:52 | gerard57 | Added |
| 14-Jun-2018 17:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Jun-2018 17:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Destination airport, ] |
| 19-Oct-2018 18:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
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