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| Date: | Monday 6 September 1943 |
| Time: | 00:57 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JA703 |
| MSN: | KM-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mannheim-Sandhofen (east bank Rhine river); Baden-Württemberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dunholme Lodge, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 20:02 hrs local time for an operation against Mannheim and Ludwigshafen.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Karl Floitgraf of the 2./NJG 6, who had taken off from Mainz-Finthen airfield (Rheinland-Pfalz) at around 23:50-55 hrs, in a Bf 110 G-4.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Donald Ewart Stiver RCAF J/18138 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Clifford Beecroft Edwards RAFVR 1456665 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Alexander McNair RAFVR 156914 (NCO:1562554 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 19 October, 1943) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Lloyd Frederick Quinton RAAF Aus/409443 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Kenneth Walter Chaplin RAFVR 1035098 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Ernest Mosey RAF 531870 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant David Edward Davies RAFVR 978626 [Killed]
Four of the crew have no known grave, the three others are buried in Durnbach War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/stiver-donald.html
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Aug-2020 08:56 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Apr-2024 14:41 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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