ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208409
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 March 1943 |
| Time: | 02:35 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4199 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Strausberg, Brandenburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington |
Coned by Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 808 (o) and shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Georg Bargel of the 11./NJG 5.
Target: Berlin
Call Sign: KM-H
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Kenneth James Johnson RNZAF NZ/414986 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant William Henry Shipp RAFVR 1197149 [Killed]
Observer : Pilot Officer Illtyd French Leng RAFVR 143988 (NCO:1338247 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 01 June, 1943) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Ronald Albert Edmonds RAFVR 656269 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Thomas Clarkson Somerville RAFVR 1376410 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Cecil George Lewin Marlin RAFVR 1395042 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Robert Twiddy RAFVR 1333546 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/26161-W41991943-03-30.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W4199
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2018 12:12 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 29-Mar-2018 12:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Jun-2018 17:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 10:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 29-Mar-2024 07:55 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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