ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 212102
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:29 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED649 |
| MSN: | ZN-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hiesfeld near Dinslaken, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Syerston |
Hit by heavy Flak units.
Target: Oberhausen
Takeoff time: 22:40
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Harold Denis Oates RAFVR 127353 [Killed] (NCO:1388083 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 27 October, 1942)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant James Hindley RAFVR 1277651 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Robert Henry Parr RAFVR 133463 [Killed] (NCO:1337427 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 29 December, 1942)
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Donald Leslie Stevenson RAFVR 131126 [Killed] (NCO:1457159 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 26 January, 1943)
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Reginald Arthur Martin RAFVR 1334936 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Robert Ernest Bell RAFVR 1627841 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant James Vincent Sweeney RCAF R/90888 [Killed]
This aircraft had been flown by Guy Gibson whilst he was serving with 106 Sqdn.
Associated Pilot : Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson RAF 39438
Associated Pilot : Flying Officer Walter R 'Punch' Thompson RCAF J/10506
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED649
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 July 1943 | JB641 | 106 Sqn RAF | 7 | Quetteville (Calvados) 12 km ENE from Pont-l'Evêque |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jun-2018 18:09 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 28-Oct-2018 12:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Jun-2023 06:53 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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