ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51501
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| Date: | Tuesday 3 August 1943 |
| Time: | 03:33 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED493 |
| MSN: | WS-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 20 km northwest of Bergen, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bardney, Lincolnshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Karl-Heinz Scherfling of the 10./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen or Leeuwarden airfield.
Takeoff time: 23:26
Crew:-
Pilot Sgt. David MacKenzie 149962 RAF Bergen op Zoom 33 A 5 Washed up Afsluitdijk pole 4.1 near Den Oever 31 Aug 43. Initially buried at Huisduinen (NCO:1348588 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 21 September, 1943)
Flight engineer Sgt Robert Hugh Jones 620761 RAF Runnymede Memorial 155
Navigator P/O Thomas McKean McCall 129597 RAF Bergen op Zoom 33 B 7 Washed up Afsluitdijk pole 10.6 on 5 Aug 43. initially buried at Huisduinen (NCO:1349172 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 03 November, 1942)
Bomb aimer Sgt Robert Reid 657577 RAF Den Burg K 4 74 Washed up near Oudeschild 19 Aug 43
W/Op/AG Sgt George Arthur Filleul 1196129 RAF Bergen op Zoom 33 B 12 Washed up near Oosterland km 8.8 on 10 Aug 43
Air gunner Sgt Lleslie Francis Gilkes 1810281 RAF Runnymede Memorial 150
Air gunner Sgt William Miller Welsh 1369334 RAF Runnymede Memorial 169
There is a photo of Sgt 'Darky' Gilkes, from Trinidad, on page 124 of "Lancaster At War" Volume 2 by Brian Goulding and Mike Garbett.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2779&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 September 1942 | W4184 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | Gauting, Bayern |  |
w/o |
| 2 January 1944 | JA711 | 9 Sqn RAF | 7 | 1 km southwest of Weyhausen, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 1 January 1945 | PD368 | 9 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Bardney, Lincolnshire |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Aug-2018 21:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 19:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 02-Aug-2023 06:29 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]] |
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