ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51107
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| Date: | Thursday 16 December 1943 |
| Time: | 18:23 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB545 |
| MSN: | EA-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lindedijk between Sonnega and Oldetrijne, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fiskerton, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 16:27 for an operation to Berlin, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the 12./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+DZ from Leeuwarden airfield.
All seven crew members died in the crash:
Pilot P/O. G.L. Ratcliffe 158689 RAF Wolvega 16 1 15-16
Flight engineer Sgt. A.E. Marsland 1214303 RAF Wolvega 16 1 14
Navigator Sgt. E. Holloway 1580024 RAF Wolvega 16 1 17
Bomb aimer Sgt. W.R. Day 1452920 RAF Wolvega 16 1 15-16
Wo ag Sgt. W.T. Rees 1313451 RAF Wolvega 16 1 13
Air gunner F/Sgt. B.J.M. King 423760 RAAF Wolvega 16 1 12
Air gunner Sgt. R. Losa R/154427 RCAF Wolvega 16 1 11
R.I.P.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3219&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
https://www.tracesofwar.nl/sights/68157/Monument-Crash-Lancaster-J-B-545.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 April 1943 | ED427 | 49 Sqn RAF | 7 | Laumersheim, Rheinland-Pfalz |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Oct-2017 09:10 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Dec-2018 08:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Dec-2018 09:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 12-Dec-2018 20:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |
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