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| Date: | Monday 17 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:57 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 617 (Dambusters) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED887 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Castricum beach, near pole 46, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton (EGXP) |
| RAF Scampton (EGXP) |
While returning home after attacking the Möhne Dam in the Dams Raid ED877 was hit by Flak of the 7./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 816 (battery IJmuiden) and crashed, north of IJmuiden (Castricum aan Zee).
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Henry Melvin 'Dinghy' Young DFC & bar RAFVR 72478 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant David Taylor Horsfall RAF 568924 [Killed]
Observer : Flying Officer Vincent Sanford MacCausland RCAF J/15309 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Charles Walpole Roberts RAFVR 1269945 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Lawrence William Nichols RAFVR 1377941 [Killed]
Front Gunner : Sergeant Gordon Arthur Yeo RAFVR 1317656 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Wilfred Ibbotson RAFVR 655431 [Killed]
Call Sign: AJ-A
Takeoff time: 21:47
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2332&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.dambusters.org.uk/docs/recordbook.pdf
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft EA100 - EZ999, published 2010
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Mar-2009 23:34 | VH-KDK | Updated |
| 01-May-2010 23:09 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jan-2012 03:56 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jan-2012 03:56 | Uli Elch | Updated [Source, ] |
| 18-Jan-2012 09:17 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Source, ] |
| 04-Oct-2015 07:29 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 16-May-2018 07:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Registration, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Oct-2018 17:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 14-May-2024 06:46 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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