ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232341
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| Date: | Thursday 16 March 1944 |
| Time: | 01:18 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 100 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND681 |
| MSN: | HW-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bonneuil-les-Eaux, Oise (60) -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Grimsby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 19:02 hrs for an operation to Stuttgart in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Ludwig Meister of the 1./NJG 4, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Florennes airfield in Belgium.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Arthur Dawson RAF 529673 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Anthony George Redman RAFVR 1321969 [Killed]
Navigator : Warrant Officer Class II Gordon Walter Wildfong RCAF R/151070 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Harold Ellison RAFVR 1456863 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Victor Favager RAFVR 1473895 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant David Gibson RAFVR 1393163 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Edward Shatz RAFVR 1386027 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=354
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 June 1943 | ED556 | 100 Sqn RAF | 7 | Sint Servatiusstraat, Dinther, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jan-2020 19:20 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 15-Mar-2024 07:52 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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