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| Date: | Monday 24 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:49 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED707 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee 7 km S of Oudeschild, Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz Grimm of the Stab IV./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Target: Dortmund
Call Sign: DX-F
Takeoff time: 22:40
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Ernest Keele Chivers RAAF Aus/275328 [Killed] Den Burg K 4 92 Washed up Texel 26 Jun 43
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Thomas Richard Bayles RAFVR 1002401 [Killed] Bergen op Zoom 31 C 3 Washed up Den Helder harbour 25 May 43
Navigator : Sergeant Philip Parkin RAFVR 1434589 [Killed] Den Burg K 3 64 Body recovered from Waddenzee 25 May 43
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Ivor Armstrong Jervis RAFVR 1237319 [Killed] Bergen op Zoom 29 B 4 Body recovered from sea 21 Jun 43
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant David Arthur Robb RAFVR 656009 [Killed] Den Burg K 3 62 Washed up near ''t Horntje
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant William Henry Bestwick RAFVR 1473247 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial 142
Rear Gunner : Sergeant William Barrymore Rawnsley RAFVR 1601751 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial 162
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2358&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-May-2018 19:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 12-Jan-2019 10:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jun-2022 22:15 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 23-Jun-2022 01:34 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 18-May-2024 06:45 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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