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| Date: | Wednesday 22 September 1943 |
| Time: | 22:30 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | DV219 |
| MSN: | AR-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bramstedt, Bassum, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 19:00 hrs (local time) for an operation against Hannover.
The aircraft was shot up by Feldwebel Anton Benning of the 8./JG 300 (flying a Bf 109 G-6 from Oldenburg airfield) and engaged by heavy (schwere) Flak. The Lancaster had also been coned by a searchlight.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Ronald Hans Hansen RAAF Aus/22001 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant John Frederick Sedgwick RAFVR 1673504 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Michael Godfrey Barrett-Lennard RAAF Aus/406912 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Dudley Vincent Cox RAAF Aus/416935 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Leslie Oswald Mott RAFVR 1322107 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Niel Shapley RAFVR 1586732 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Arthur Noel Forrester Rushton RAAF Aus/421512 [Killed]
Five of the crew rest in the Sage War Cemetery, Germany (52.936851 / 8.208500); two of them in the Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany (51.529254 / 6.564161).
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV219&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps
http://ww2.dk/air/jagd/jg300.htm
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jun-2021 15:05 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 25-Jun-2021 15:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Oct-2024 06:40 | Rob Davis | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
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