ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 214222
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| Date: | Wednesday 11 August 1943 |
| Time: | 00:37 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED625 |
| MSN: | EA-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Bad Kreuznach, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fiskerton |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Heinrich Wohlers of the Stab I./NJG 6, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Mainz-Finthen airfield.
Takeoff time: 21:46
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Jack Herbert Moss RAF 145509 [PoW] (NCO:1330663 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 29 June, 1943)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Ernest Howard Roden RAFVR 1226671 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant David George Charles Jones RAFVR 1335684 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Leonard Frank Bradfield RAF 1559222 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Ronald John Small RAFVR 1313073 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Terence Albert Wood RAFVR 1236752 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Charles Ronald Musson RAF 658293 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED625
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 November 1943 | ED438 | 49 Sqn RAF | 4 | Hastenrath bei Düren | |
w/o |
| 14 January 1944 | JB295 | 49 Sqn RAF | 5 | near Reppner, Salzgitter, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 22 June 1944 | ME675 | 49 Sqn RAF | 7 | near 'Wellenseind' 3 km northeast of Bladel, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Aug-2018 14:52 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 30-Oct-2018 05:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 10-Aug-2023 06:42 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Destination airport, Operator]] |
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