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| Date: | Wednesday 5 May 1943 |
| Time: | 01:15 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED390 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Nordhorn, GB, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Dietrich Schmidt of the 8./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield, the Netherlands.
Target: Dortmund
Call Sign: DX-V
Takeoff time: 21:35
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Victor Douglas Farmer RAF 158305 (NCO:657610 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 16 November, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Albert Maldwyn James RAFVR 1178891 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Thomas Armstrong RAFVR 134072 (NCO:1348533 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 05 January, 1943) [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Lawrence Anthony Wykeham Sanders RAFVR 1319816 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant John Thomas Taylor RAFVR 751507 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Leonard Henry Leaney RAFVR 1600961 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Norman Long RAFVR 988528 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/25266-ED3901943-05-05.html
https://books.google.nl/books?id=LUYRBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT275&lpg=PT275&dq=lancaster+ed390&source=bl&ots=cUcFLkfCox&sig=Clfr0UaXKz2gU42IILhTth0LOgI&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjT-7KGh-7aAhXO_qQKHcKDCFQQ6AEIUTAI#v=onepage&q=lancaster%20ed390&f=false
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-May-2018 07:38 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 25-Jun-2022 04:17 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 03-May-2024 07:04 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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