ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231704
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| Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
| Time: | 02:50 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND503 |
| MSN: | DX-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Volkse, Hillerse, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:57 hrs for an operation against aircraft assembly factories at Leipzig in Sachsen.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Rudolf Frank of the 3./NJG 3, who was flying Bf 110 G-4 D5+HL from Vechta airfield in Niedersachsen.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Warwick George Davies RAFVR 170955 (NCO:1392495 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 29 February, 1944) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Robert William Ridsdale RAF 1873955 [PoW]
Navigator : Flying Officer Kenneth John Tubbs RAFVR 151149 (NCO:1416451 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 May, 1943) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Warrant Officer Class II James Arnold Wheeler RCAF R/118123 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Claude Venables Clarke RAFVR 1585274 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John Dixon RCAF R/142636 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Walter Rees RAFVR 1836157 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ND503
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 October 1943 | JB234 | 57 Sqn RAF | 7 | in the Elbe river near Arneburg, Sachsen-Anhalt | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Dec-2019 14:27 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 19-Feb-2024 12:51 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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