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| Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
| Time: | 03:38 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND448 |
| MSN: | OL-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Bad Belzig, Brandenburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 00:08 hrs for an operation against aircraft assembly factories at Leipzig in Sachsen.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Wilhelm Engel of the 3./NJG 6, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Stendal airfield in Sachsen-Anhalt.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Thomas Bertram Field RAFVR 149554 (NCO:1333529 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 September, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Cyril Howes RAFVR 1399427 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Malcolm John Reid RCAF J/22672 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant George Wheeler RAFVR 1393912 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Ronald Allen James Rudge RAFVR 1316548 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant John N. Daley RAAF Aus/425612 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant George Inglis Paterson RAFVR 1552814 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ND448
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2019 11:13 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 19-Feb-2024 12:56 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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