ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232143
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 March 1944 |
| Time: | 23:00 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND708 |
| MSN: | TL-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Niederschopfheim, Hohberg, Baden-Württemberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Graveley, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 19:54 hrs for an operation to Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Günther Köberich of the 6./NJG 2, who was flying Ju 88 C-6 R4+PP from Quakenbrück airfield in Niedersachsen.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Arthur Ganderton RAF 51902 (NCO:656604 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 08 June, 1943) [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Stewart Martin RAF 1005649 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant Joseph William Samuel Burden RAFVR 753568 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Colin Oswald Gibbons RAF 1490461 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant George Bagnall RAFVR 1577534 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Arthur Henry Weller RAFVR 1359082 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Harry Roy Lowman RAF 1394480 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ND708
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jan-2020 20:09 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 15-Mar-2024 07:46 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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