ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51110
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| Date: | Thursday 16 December 1943 |
| Time: | 18:45 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DS831 |
| MSN: | QO-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Weidum - Wijtgaard, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 16:29 for an operation to Berlin.
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.
Crew:
Pilot F/O. W.C. Fisher T-190910 USAAF Belgium C-7-50 Buried Neuville-en-Condroz. Initially buried at Huizum
Co-Pilot F/Sgt. O.D. Lewis R/55041 RCAF Survived POW
Flight engineer Sgt. R. Hughes 1808927 RAF Huizum 10 5
Navigator W/O J.S. Briegel R/113427 RCAF Huizum 10 4
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. T.W. Pragnell 1219197 RAF Huizum 10 1
Wireless op F/Sgt. M.A.T. Brudell 413340 RAAF Survived POW
Air gunner W/O R.K. Saunders 406814 RAAF Huizum 10 3
Air gunner W/O II H.A. Turner A18079 RCAF Huizum 10 2
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3222&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 January 1944 | LL724 | 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF | 7 | near Wagenhoff, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Dec-2018 17:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Dec-2018 10:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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