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| Date: | Wednesday 15 March 1944 |
| Time: | 23:19 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND447 |
| MSN: | PH-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hartheim am Rhein, Baden-Württemberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 18:40 hrs for an operation to Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Fritz Lau of the 4./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+CP from Saint-Dizier airfield in France.
Crew:-
Pilot : Warrant Officer Donald Russell Knowles RAFVR 1052000 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer Albert Ernest Hammond RCAF J/85187 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Harold Jackson RAFVR 1684020 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Harold Edgley RAF 1204564 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Sydney John Arnold RAFVR 1000377 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Hubert Johnson Sishton RAF 1578240 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Arthur Cross RAFVR 1593233 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Ernest Egerton Bebington RAFVR 1626908 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ND447
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jan-2020 22:47 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 15-Mar-2024 07:45 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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