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| Date: | Tuesday 7 September 1943 |
| Time: | 00:45 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED819 |
| MSN: | ZN-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Grünwalder Forst, Bayern -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire |
Takeoff at 19:50 hrs local time for an operation against München.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin & Oberfeldwebel Friedrich Johrden of the 6./NJG 1, who were flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+AP from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield in Belgium. After the third burst of machine gun fire the port wing was burning brightly and the Halifax crashed.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Ronald Dive Large RAFVR 149555 (NCO:1395049 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 September, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant David Smith RAFVR 1062133 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Ralph Enrique Favier RAFVR 139690 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer William Sidney Neathway RAFVR 134162 (NCO:1319917 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 16 February, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Derrick William Savoy RAFVR 1268571 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Frank Weaver RAAF Aus/422330 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Thomas George Goodwin RAFVR 1281353 [Killed]
All rest in the Durnbach War Cemetery
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED819
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Aug-2020 17:28 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 19-Mar-2024 15:38 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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