ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51846
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| Date: | Monday 24 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:07 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | W4984 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Schoonebeek, Drenthe -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant August Geiger of the 7./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield.
Target: Dortmund
Call Sign: AR-J
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Beresford Milton Troy Davis RAAF Aus/405966 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Eric Rowlands RAFVR 1040539 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Kenneth Douglas Dyce RAAF Aus/412411 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Clarence Goldthorpe RAAF Aus/405849 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Jack Stanley Biffen RAAF Aus/411839 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Charles Sinclair Wright RAAF Aus/421066 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Frederick Wilson Ralph RCAF R/152317 [Killed]
The casualties lie at the Schoonebeek (Oud Schoonebeek) General Cemetery, Netherlands (GPS 52.660284 / 6.882694)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2361&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Images:
creator: Oorlogsgraven Schoonebeek / War Graves Schoonebeek
creator: Oorlogsgraven Schoonebeek / War Graves Schoonebeek
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-May-2018 17:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2018 19:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 03-Jan-2020 16:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Photo] |
| 03-Jan-2020 16:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Photo] |
| 06-Apr-2024 09:57 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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