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| Date: | Thursday 27 January 1944 |
| Time: | 19:45 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED323 |
| MSN: | LS-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Essen in Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 17:50 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the 12./NJG 1 (based at Leeuwarden airfield in the Netherlands), who was flying a Bf 110 G-4.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer George Clarke RAFVR 161322 (NCO:1317532 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 21 December, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Robert Frank King RAF 1615721 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant Naoman Aubrey Mitchell RAF 1579660 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Warrant Officer Class I Godfrey Phillip White RCAF R/152 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Ernest Leonard Gold RAF 1271443 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Leonard Ivan Probett RNZAF NZ/4310156 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Irvin Archibald McPhee RCAF J/86911 [PoW]
The two casualties are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED323
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Dec-2019 12:43 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Dec-2024 07:58 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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