Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III ED564,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209510
 
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Date:Saturday 17 April 1943
Time:01:10
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:100 Sqn RAF
Registration: ED564
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:between Diefflen and Nalbach across the Prims river, Saarland -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Grimsby
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Hit by light Flak unit leichte Flak-Abteilung 20/XII.

Target: Plzeň (Pilsen), Czech Republic
Call Sign: HW-H
Takeoff time: 21:20

Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Robert Eric Milliken RNZAF NZ/413451 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Thomas Evan Jones RAF 610787 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant William Harris George RCAF R/95479 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer William Highmoor Walton RAFVR 144757 (NCO:1502411 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 08 June, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Raymond Edward Joseph Hunt RAFVR 1271097 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant George James Good RAFVR 900793 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Maxwell Whitby RAFVR 1433955 [Killed]

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/23486-ED5641943-04-17.html
https://books.google.nl/books?id=fFvGBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT53&lpg=PT53&dq=lancaster+ED711&source=bl&ots=-nyP6UD2v5&sig=j8tKidjZ5DXPnJawdmZD1vdJPoU&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-6vylycPaAhVK-6QKHXqlDD8Q6AEIQTAD#v=onepage&q=ED564&f=false
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Apr-2018 12:17 TigerTimon Added
14-Oct-2018 16:36 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
16-Apr-2024 07:20 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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