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| Date: | Thursday 23 September 1943 |
| Time: | 23:21 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 467 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | EE135 |
| MSN: | PO-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hockenheim (Herrenteich), Baden-Württemberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bottesford, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 19:01 hrs (local time) for an operation against Mannheim in Baden-Württemberg.
Homeward-bound, shot down by the crew of Oberleutnant Becker & Unteroffizier Johanssen of the Stab I./NJG 6, who were flying Bf 110 G-4 2Z+HB from Mainz-Finthen airfield (Rheinland-Pfalz).
Note: coned by searchlights.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Arthur Long RAAF Aus/413396 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Cornelius Weddell RAFVR 1603571 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Oswald John Lumsden RAAF Aus/413779 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Warrant Officer Class II Murray Clayton Craik RCAF R/110957 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant John Bennett Harrison RAFVR 1485062 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Hans Asmussen Green RCAF R/147218 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 27 July, 1943) [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Thomas Terrance Blewett Francis RAFVR 1424559 [Killed]
The crew was initially buried in the small village of Altlussheim, 2 km from the crash site; today, all rest in theDurnbach War Cemetery, Germany (47.778371 / 11.733537)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EE135&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/archive/index.php?t-45171.html
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?p=341590#post341590
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jul-2021 15:39 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 02-Jul-2021 15:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 07-Jun-2024 14:46 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Apr-2025 13:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, Category, ] |
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