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| Date: | Saturday 12 June 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 467 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | ED304 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea poss off Bergen aan Zee, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bottesford |
At 02:19, Oberfeldwebel Karl-Heinz Scherfling of the 10./NJG 1 claimed a Lancaster shot down over the North Sea, 75 km west of Bergen aan Zee. This could have been Lancaster ED537 of No. 207 Squadron RAF or Lancaster ED304 of No. 467 Squadron RAAF.
Target: Düsseldorf
Call Sign: PO-C
Takeoff time: 23:16
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Basil Frederick Wilmot RAAF Aus/401083 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Arthur Macdonald RAFVR 980916 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Thomas William Hill RAFVR 1388792 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Kenneth Thomas White RAFVR 1390403 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant William Norman Cross RAAF Aus/412114 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant William John Fraser RAFVR 1345138 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant William Calvert RAFVR 1349352 [Killed]
All are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED304
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jun-2018 17:22 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 23-Oct-2018 20:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 22-Jun-2022 04:32 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 22-Jun-2022 16:21 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 22-Jun-2022 16:22 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 26-May-2024 07:18 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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