ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208639
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Date: | Saturday 3 April 1943 |
Time: | 23:15 |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | ED479 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Duisburg-Meiderich, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Hit by heavy Flak.
Target: Essen
Call Sign: WS-Z
Takeoff time: 19:58
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED479
A biography of Flying Officer George Raynor Dale who was an air gunner on this aircraft can be found at source 4,
Sources:
1. Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
2.
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/27323-ED4791943-04-04.html 3.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED479 4.
https://www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com/raf/dale-george-raynor/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Apr-2018 09:03 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
09-Jun-2018 17:45 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
03-Nov-2018 19:37 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
05-Oct-2023 16:22 |
Richard |
Updated [[Operator, Departure airport, Operator]] |
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