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| Date: | Wednesday 3 November 1943 |
| Time: | 20:03 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DV265 |
| MSN: | SR-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ratingen area, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ludford Magna |
Coned by searchlights, shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hans-Heinz Augenstein of the 9./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110G from St Trond (Sint-Truiden airfield), Belgium.
Takeoff time: 17:13
Crew;-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Anthony Henry Evans RAFVR 1318804 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Robert Anderson RAF 646029 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant Reginald Gordon Phillips RAF 1332231 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Alan Longstaff RAF 1450372 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Arthur Fogg RAFVR 1240718 [Killed]
Special Equipment Operator : Sergeant Favel Tomachepolsky RAFVR 1389282 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Cyril Terence Wheldon RAFVR 1818212 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant George Edwin Boucher RAFVR 1315053 [Killed]
The casualties lie at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany (51.740880 / 6.082017)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV265
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Nov-2018 18:30 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 02-Nov-2018 19:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 17-Nov-2024 07:32 | Rob Davis | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
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