ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51441
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| Date: | Monday 23 August 1943 |
| Time: | 23:40 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED550 |
| MSN: | EM-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Nieuw-Dordrecht, Drenthe -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Langar |
Crashed after the aircraft was on fire. Six crew members died in the crash as well as three Dutch civilians on the ground, when several houses were demolished as a result of the crash.
The Lanc had been intercepted by the crew of Hauptmann Hans-Dieter Frank & Feldwebel Erich Gotter of the Stab I./NJG 1, flying Heinkel He 219 V12 from Venlo airfield.
Takeoff time: 20:33 (local time) / operation - Berlin, Germany
Crew:
Pilot P/O. G.W. Osmer 149557 RAF Nieuw Dordrecht 9 B 4
Flight engineer Sgt. J.G.S. Walker 1254383 RAF Survived
Navigator P/O. C.P. Backlog 141331 RAF Nieuw Dordrecht 9 B 3
Bomb aimer Sgt. J.W. Standish 1458478 RAF Nieuw Dordrecht 9 B 2
Wo ag Sgt. W.M.E. Reid 1367967 RAF Nieuw Dordrecht 9 B 1
Air gunner Sgt. T.E.C. McKeith 1552385 RAF Nieuw Dordrecht 9 B 5
Air gunner Sgt. D. Fells 1390228 RAF Nieuw Dordrecht 9 B 6
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2845&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.drentheindeoorlog.nl/?aid=368
'He 219' by R. Francis Ferguson
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Aug-2015 14:09 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2015 17:50 | Faun | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 10-Aug-2018 14:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 09:17 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 26-Jun-2021 12:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2021 12:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2021 12:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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