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| Date: | Wednesday 22 September 1943 |
| Time: | 22:45 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED442 |
| MSN: | EM-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bad Münder am Deister, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Langar, Nottinghamshire |
Takeoff at 18:37 hrs (local time) for an operation against Hannover.
The aircraft was shot down by Oberleutnant Helmut Niklas of the 6./NJG 3 based at Schleswig airfield.
Note: coned by searchlights.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Geoffrey Lewis Coxon DFM RAFVR 156106 (NCO:1316702 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 05 October, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Albert William Marsh RAF 542744 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Hugh Fulton RAFVR 1559794 [Killed]
2nd Navigator : Sergeant Frederick Cyril Shergold RAFVR 1322599 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant John Lockwood Holding RAFVR 1386349 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Kenneth Saville RAFVR 1235571 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Edwin Dennis Kite RAFVR 1150992 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Henry Alfred Freeman RAFVR 932778 [Killed]
All eight rest in the Hanover War Cemetery, Germany (52.377026 / 9.654365)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED442&qand=1943-09-22&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Nachtjagdgeschwader/NJG3.htm
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jun-2021 17:31 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 10-Jul-2025 07:10 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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