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| Date: | Thursday 18 November 1943 |
| Time: | 23:11 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM370 |
| MSN: | SR-K2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Schoonebeekerveld, Weiteveen, Drenthe -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ludford Magna, UK |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Rudolf Frank of the 2./NJG 3, flying Ju 88 C-6 D5+IK from Wittmund airfield, Germany.
Target: Berlin
Takeoff time: 17:21
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Charles Patrick McManus RAFVR 133410 (NCO:1479899 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 19 January, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Kenneth Jones RAFVR 1684563 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Guy Dermot Spyers RAFVR 140877 (NCO:1583365 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 15 June, 1943) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Barry Kingsley Petyt RAFVR 137375 (NCO:1389693 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 20 April, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Anthony Ezra Rosen RAFVR 1144632 [Killed]
Special Equipment Operator : Warrant Officer Class II George Philip Herman RCAF R/128322 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant George Herbert Gittins DFM RAFVR 1210420 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Charles Harold Downs RAFVR 1101786 [Killed]
All lie at the Schoonebeek (Oud Schoonebeek) General Cemetery, Netherlands (52.660284 / 6.882694)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=LM370&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Images:
creator: Oorlogsgraven Schoonebeek / War Graves Schoonebeek
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Dec-2011 06:34 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Jan-2012 14:32 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, ] |
| 16-Nov-2018 19:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Nov-2018 18:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 03-Jan-2020 16:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 03-Jan-2020 16:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code, Photo, ] |
| 19-Dec-2024 09:03 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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