ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49505
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| Date: | Sunday 24 December 1944 |
| Time: | 18:39 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NG420 |
| MSN: | PM-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sindorf, Kerpen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds |
Took off at 14:43 hrs for a bombing operation against Köln in NRW.
The aircraft was shot down by Leutnant Walter Kalmbach of the IV./NJG 6, who had taken off from either Kitzingen or Gerolzhofen (both in Bayern).
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Donald Ian McDonald RAAF Aus/419584 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Robert Henry Holliday RAFVR 3000576 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Kenneth Alfred Isaac Hunt RAFVR 164211 [Killed] (NCO:1653681 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 02 May, 1944)
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Philip Kennedy Ashcroft RAFVR 1581428 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Warrant Officer John Wallace Mills Herbert RAAF Aus/417639 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Reginald Wilfred Baker RAFVR 1265506 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Eric Bone RAFVR 1541373 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4830&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft NA100 - NZ999, published 1992
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 November 1943 | JB528 | 103 Sqn RAF | 3 | Grebs, Ziesar, Brandenburg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Sep-2011 07:46 | Uli Elch | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2020 08:41 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2020 10:12 | INV | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 10-Sep-2021 12:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Dec-2023 07:38 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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