ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 214814
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| Date: | Tuesday 24 August 1943 |
| Time: | 03:08 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EE105 |
| MSN: | OF-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Shouldham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by Hauptmann Wilhelm Schmitter of the 15./KG 2, flying Me 410 A-1 'U5+CF' from probably Cambrai-Épinoy airfield, France.
Takeoff time: 20:15
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Clifford Stanley Chatten DSO DFC RAF 149529 [Injured] (Officer:1389024 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 14 September, 1943)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant C Baumber RAF
Navigator : Pilot Officer L P Armitage RAF
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Standen RAF
Wireless Operator : Sergeant William Arthur Reffin RAF 1311166 (Officer:172936 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 18 April, 1944)
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant John Robert Kraemer RAAF Aus/401699 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant L V Smith RAF
Sgt Chatten was promoted to Squadron Leader, Gazette of 20th July 1945, by that time holding a DSO and DFC, which obviously post date this event.
Sgt Standen may be Aubrey John Standen 1292851 / 162585 commission Gazetted 11/01/44.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EE105
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 December 1943 | JA963 | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 8 | near the Schiller Park, Schillerstraße, Berlin |  |
w/o |
| 30 January 1944 | JB535 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 7 | Kanaalweg road, Kolhorn, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 15 February 1944 | ND478 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 5 | Mmeadow 150 metres south of Faaborg hospital, Syddanmark |  |
w/o |
| 12 September 1944 | PB510 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 3 | Hargesheim | |
w/o |
| 22 March 1945 | PB521 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 4 | South of the Elbe at Feldmark Leeswig, Hamburg-Neuenfelde | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2018 14:36 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 01-Nov-2018 15:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 27-Jun-2023 17:57 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]] |
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