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| Date: | Wednesday 15 March 1944 |
| Time: | 22:35 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ME558 |
| MSN: | SR-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Mussig, Bas-Rhin (67) -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 19:00 hrs for an operation to Stuttgart in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Robert Koch of the 6./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+BP from Saint-Dizier airfield in Haute-Marne (52).
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer James Clegg GM RAFVR 171637 (NCO:1450075 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 March, 1944) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Frederick Ennis RAFVR 1582755 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Victor Jack Pickford RAFVR 1339536 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Edward Andrew Cunningham RAFVR 1339759 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Lawrence Rex Melbourne RAFVR 1493493 [Killed]
Special Equipment Operator : Sergeant Joseph Bagnall Bull RAFVR 1806789 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Cecil Glen Arthur RAAF Aus/429902 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Robert Liderth RAFVR 2208850 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=993
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jan-2020 18:47 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 15-Mar-2024 07:53 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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