ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208653
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| Date: | Saturday 3 April 1943 |
| Time: | 23:00 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED542 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 5 km north of Gemen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Syerston |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant August Geiger of the 7./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Twenthe airfield, the Netherlands.
Target: Essen
Call Sign: ZN-
Takeoff time: 19:15
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Thomas John Ridd RAFVR 1314248 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Robert Charles Henry Webb RAFVR 932584 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Alan Cairns Palmer RAFVR 128509 (NCO:1382433 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 03 November, 1942) [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Joseph William Simpson RAFVR 127980 (NCO:1046288 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 27 October, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Aaron Burson RAFVR 1271016 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Ronald Sidney Sabell RAF 646001 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Ernest Williams RAFVR 1337304 [Killed]
The crew are now in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery with the w/op, Sgt A Burson, commemorated at Runnymede Memorial as presumably not found or not identified.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/22449-ED5421943-04-04.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Apr-2018 13:54 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 28-Oct-2018 12:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 03-Apr-2024 06:50 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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