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| Date: | Monday 22 November 1943 |
| Time: | 19:29 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EE119 |
| MSN: | MG-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hessendorf near Rinteln, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Hit by heavy Flak of the 1.-3./schwere Flak-Abteilung 625.
Target: Berlin
Takeoff time: 16:48
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Stanley George Dorrell RAFVR 169445 (NCO:655352 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 01 February, 1944) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant David Gadsden RAFVR 1144460 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Gerald Hawgood RAFVR 909086 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Clifford Lawrence Hartman RCAF R/140156 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Frank Ernest Deavin RAFVR 946818 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John William Harvey RAFVR 1874061 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Ian Angus Hastings RAAF Aus/417482 [Killed]
All lie at the Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany (51.529254 / 6.564161)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EE119
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Nov-2018 18:24 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 19-Nov-2018 18:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 19-Nov-2018 19:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 02-Jan-2025 07:37 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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