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| Date: | Friday 14 May 1943 |
| Time: | 03:59 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4110 |
| MSN: | KM-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 20 km west of Den Helder, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Karl-Georg Pfeiffer of the 10./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Leeuwarden or Bergen airfield.
Target: Plzeň
Takeoff time: 21:38
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer William Douglas Rail RAFVR 80131 (NCO:777694 : Commission Gazetted Friday 08 August, 1941) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Alfred Theodore Cuthbert Bromwich RAFVR 1392030 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Norman Kenneth Underwood RAFVR 1000940 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Wilfred Charles Digby RAFVR 1315999 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Robert Cecil Boardman RAFVR 1028039 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Richard Samuel Augustus Walker RAFVR 1085432 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant George Batty RAFVR 1415510 [Killed]
All are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2312&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.lancaster-archive.com
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Jan-2009 23:41 | larry617 | Updated |
| 26-Aug-2016 11:43 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 12-May-2018 15:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Oct-2018 10:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 12-Jan-2019 10:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 12-May-2024 06:37 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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