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| Date: | Thursday 23 September 1943 |
| Time: | 23:10 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 467 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | DV233 |
| MSN: | PO-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Goddelau, Riedstadt, Hessen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bottesford, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 19:04 hrs (local time) for an operation against Mannheim in Baden-Württemberg.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and shot down (probably by a Bf 109G of I./JG 300 based at Bonn-Hangelar (NRW)).
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Walter Theodore Farmer RAAF Aus/416843 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Ronald Victor Chinnery RAF 1642934 [PoW]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Alfred Charles Puttick RAF 134545 (NCO:658936 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 09 February, 1943) [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant J C Knowles RAF 1128898 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Thomas William Darvill RAF 1331414 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Peter Cansfield RAF 1130732 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Charles Edward Adair RAAF Aus/11615 [Killed]
P/O Farmer, Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745); Sgt Adair, Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany (47.778371 / 11.733537)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV233&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jun-2021 19:16 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 18-Jun-2025 08:07 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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