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| Date: | Friday 28 May 1943 |
| Time: | 00:38 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 467 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | ED504 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Barlo, Bocholt, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bottesford |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Manfred Meurer of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands. The Lancaster 'exploded with aerial mine and completely destroyed'.
Target: Essen
Call Sign: PO-K
Takeoff time: 21:59
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant John Matthew Desmond RAAF Aus/406641 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Edward Strangways Davis RAF 575812 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer George Cribbin RAFVR 143426 (NCO:1525047 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 18 May, 1943) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer John Norman Lockwood RAFVR 143430 (NCO:820065 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 18 May, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Warrant Officer George Frederick Paddon RAF 650462 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flying Officer Cuthbert Keith Cazaly RAFVR 132388 (NCO:1057215 : Commission Gazetted Friday 18 December, 1942) [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer John Richard Ryalls RAAF Aus/405217 [Killed]
All lie at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany (51.740880 / 6.082017)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED504
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-May-2018 18:34 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 23-Oct-2018 20:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 20-May-2024 11:37 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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