ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51765
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| Date: | 13-JUN-1943 |
| Time: | 02:11 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Squadron Royal Air Force (83 Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | ED603 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | IJsselmeer off Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Hit by flak during a raid on Bochum. Shot down by Hauptmann Rudolf Sigmund of the 10./NJG 1 (flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen or Leeuwarden airfield) during the return leg to the U.K.
The crew were - Pilot - F/Lt Eric A. Tilbury - RAFVR - Age 25, Flight Engineer - P/O Arthur B. Smart DFM RAF, Navigator - P/O Harold E. Howsam - RAFVR - Age 31, Bomb aimer - P/O A. Gordon Fletcher - RCAF - Age 21, Wireless Operator - F/Sgt Raymond E. Moore - DFM - RAFVR, Air Gunner - P/O Charles F. J. Sprack - DFM - RAFVR - Age 24, Air Gunner - F/O Gordon R. Sugar - RAF - Age 22.
Call Sign: OL-L
Takeoff time: 23:01
Crew:
Pilot F/Lt. E.A. Tilbury 127147 RAF Stavoren I 29 Washed up 22 Jun 43
Flight engineer P/O. A.B. Smart DFM 51914 RAF Runnymede Memorial
Navigator P/O. H.E. Howsam 146295 RAF Workum D 1 9 Washed up 23 Jun 43
Bomb aimer P/O. A.G. Fletcher J/17802 RCAF Workum D 1 8 Washed up 21 Jun 43
Wo ag F/Sgt. R.E. Moore DFM 52074 RAF Runnymede Memorial
Air gunner F/O. G.R. Sugar 127055 RAF Hindeloopen D 1 B Body recovered from Ijsselmeer on 22 Jun 43
Air gunner P/O. C.F.J. Sprack DFM 51543 RAF Runnymede Memorial
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2451&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.arg1940-1945.nl/bergingen_lancaster_ed603.html
https://www.ad.nl/friesland/sudwest-fryslan-laat-in-1943-neergestorte-lancaster-uit-ijsselmeer-halen~a2ccea3d/
http://www.626-squadron.co.uk/willem26.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Feb-2011 13:15 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jan-2015 11:29 | gerard57 | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2018 20:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 12-Jan-2019 10:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Jun-2022 01:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 02-Sep-2022 08:55 | harro | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
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