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| Date: | Wednesday 26 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:10 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 467 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | ED768 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 's Gravenwezel, Schilde, Antwerp -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bottesford |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Hermann Sommer of the Ergänzungsstaffel/NJG 2 (detached to the 1./NJG 1). He was flying Ju 88 C-2 R4+FU from Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands.
Target: Düsseldorf
Call Sign: PO-N
Takeoff time: 23:41
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant John Maxwell Parsons RAAF Aus/409274 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Bernard Spencer RAF 574332 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant John Patrick Egan RAF 1380187 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Norman Jardine Vaulkhard RAF 1099743 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant John Francom Selman RCAF R/92596 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant R A Hunt RAF 1699818 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Thomas Chalmers RAFVR 1401894 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED768
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-May-2018 19:17 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 23-Oct-2018 20:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 05-Nov-2022 09:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 19-May-2024 14:19 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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