ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21404
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| Date: | Friday 17 April 1942 |
| Time: | 16:55 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7536 |
| MSN: | KM-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Le Vieil-Evreux, Eure 27 -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington |
Took off 15:12 for mission to Augsburg. Shot down by Major Oesau of 11./JG2 Richthofen - West of Evreux at 16:55.
*The fighters now started attacks on Nettleton's front Vic of three Lancasters. By then they had been joined by Major Oesau, a 100-victory ace officially forbidden to fly more operations, but who had jumped into a fighter and taken off on first sight of the Lancasters, followed by his wing man Oberfeldwebel http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=3583. Oesau selected Rhodes for his victim and closed to within 10 metres firing all guns and cannon in a withering hail of fire. The Lancaster's port engines both erupted in flames, which spread instantly to the starboard motors. The bomber reared abruptly-as if in agony - stalled harshly, plunged straight down; passing between Nettleton and Garwell in a vertical dive and missing both by mere inches.
Crew:
Pilot: 938642 Sgt George Thomas Rhodes - Evreux Communal Cemetery Row C. Coll. grave 2-8.
Pilot: 41300 Sgt Lawrence Heaton Baxter RNZAF - Evreux Communal Cemetery Row C. Coll. grave 2-8.
Navigator: 921754 Sgt Brian Ignatius Joseph Daly - Evreux Communal Cemetery Row C. Coll. grave 2-8.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 633309 Sgt Cyril Leonard Merricks - Evreux Communal Cemetery Row C. Coll. grave 2-8.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1157843 Sgt John Alfred Wynton - Evreux Communal Cemetery
Air Gunner:533590 Flt Sgt George Alfred Edwards - Evreux Communal Cemetery Row C. Coll. grave 2-8.
Air Gunner:807146 Flt Sgt Henry Verdun Gill - Evreux Communal Cemetery Row C. Coll. grave 2-8.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
CWGC
*Extract from https://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/augsburg.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 June 1943 | W4949 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 7 | Stoep, Meijel, Limburg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jun-2008 20:34 | JINX | Added |
| 01-Jun-2013 16:27 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2013 19:51 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source] |
| 27-Nov-2014 16:26 | Xindel X | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2017 21:48 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2018 04:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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