ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208638
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| Date: | Saturday 3 April 1943 |
| Time: | 23:08 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 467 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | ED524 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near, the Mellinghofer Straße, Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bottesford |
Hit by heavy Flak.
Target: Essen
Call Sign: PO-T
Takeoff time: 19:34
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Arthur Mitchell Paape DFC & bar RAF 36192 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Louis Thomas Fulcher RCAF R/61529 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Harold North RAFVR 116791 [Killed] (NCO:984861 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 23 June, 1942)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flying Officer Thomas Dring DFC RAFVR 129462 [Killed] (NCO:751640 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 22 September, 1942)
Air Gunner : Sergeant William Johnson RAFVR 1220311 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Derrick Joseph Rishworth Robinson RAFVR 778674 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Flying Officer John Maxwell Stewart AFM RAFVR 131808 [Killed] (NCO:912493 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 03 November, 1942)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/18432-ED5241943-04-04.html
https://books.google.nl/books?id=LUYRBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT255&lpg=PT255&dq=lancaster+ED524&source=bl&ots=cUcCMpjxpr&sig=dsOjMyO639o8dszHZcfKjBAZVbo&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibgqeDm5vaAhWSbVAKHTNkDDoQ6AEIQDAD#v=onepage&q=lancaster%20ED524&f=false
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Apr-2018 08:58 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 23-Oct-2018 20:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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