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| Date: | Thursday 16 December 1943 |
| Time: | 19:00 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB543 |
| MSN: | MG-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wilsum, GB, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 16:21 for an operation to Berlin.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld of the Stab III./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield, the Netherlands.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Geoffrey Tyler RAAF Aus/415286 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Clifford Reginald Underhill RAFVR 1581877 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Alexander Smillie RAF 1349728 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Denis Woolford RAF 1321169 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Alfred Arthur Tucker RAFVR 1385164 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Ronald Robert McMillan RAAF Aus/425409 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant William Primrose Wilson RAFVR 1452338 [Killed]
All 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=JB543
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Dec-2018 19:55 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 15-Dec-2018 17:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 23-Jun-2022 05:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 23-Jun-2022 08:28 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 25-Jun-2022 04:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 17-Jul-2024 06:56 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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