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| Date: | Sunday 13 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:50 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED668 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea poss W of Alkmaar, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton |
Probably shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Georg Kraft of the 12./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen airfield. He claimed a Lancaster shot down over the North Sea 40 km west of Alkmaar.
Target: Bochum
Call Sign: DX-
Takeoff time: 22:56
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Kenneth Butler Dowding RAFVR 145672 (NCO:1385887 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 29 June, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant George Alfred Ayres RAFVR 1334489 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Thomas Mountford Adie Burgess RAFVR 1389310 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Walter George Redman RAFVR 917340 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Jack Louis Hyam RAFVR 1271580 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Stanley Ernest Tuck RAF 657050 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Clifford James Challenger RCAF J/18123 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED668
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jun-2018 07:44 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 12-Jan-2019 11:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 23-Jun-2022 01:47 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 23-Jun-2022 01:56 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 26-May-2024 14:07 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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