ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51687
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| Date: | Saturday 26 June 1943 |
| Time: | 00:54 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 100 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED988 |
| MSN: | HW-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Jisperweg, Noordbeemster, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Grimsby |
Takeoff at 23:23 for an operation to Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Karl-Heinz Scherfling of the 10./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen airfield.
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. L.J. Naile 415174 RAAF Runnymede Memorial 193
Flight engineer Sgt. C. Connah 1005899 RAF Runnymede Memorial 145
Navigator Sgt. R.W. Mepsted 1387214 RAF Amsterdam 69 B 19
Bomb aimer P/O. C.P. Reynolds 132095 RAF Runnymede Memorial 129 (NCO:1544082, Gazette of 8th December 1942)
Wireless op Sgt. J. Dillon 1126212 RAF Runnymede Memorial 147
Air gunner Sgt. L. Bennett 650929 RAF Amsterdam 69 B 19
Air gunner F/Sgt. L.G. Porritt 416016 RNzAF Amsterdam 69 B 19
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2596
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 October 1943 | DV159 | 100 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Brüntorf, Lemgo, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Dec-2018 18:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2018 19:43 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 02-Oct-2021 14:45 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2023 13:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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