ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51912
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| Date: | Thursday 13 May 1943 |
| Time: | 23:22 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4981 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Eesterga, 2 km N of Lemmer, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Lothar Linke of the 12./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+CZ from Leeuwarden airfield.
Target: Plzeň
Call Sign: OL-A
Takeoff time: 21:54
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. A.S. Renshaw 535117 RAF Lemmer C 9 240
Flight engineer Sgt. F.A. Worsnop 1083323 RAF Lemmer C 9 239
Navigator Sgt. J.E. Lecomber 1393387 RAF Lemmer C 8 238
Bomb aimer Sgt. H.R. Williamson 1365974 RAF Lemmer C 9 241
Wo ag F/O. S.W. Gould 47704 RAF Survived pow
Air gunner Sgt. J.R. Stone 1333951 RAF Lemmer C 8 237
Air gunner Sgt. J.Mc.G. Hargreaves 1310051 RAF Lemmer C 8 220 Remains found during excavation in 1952
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2293&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-May-2018 18:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 17:39 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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