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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 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| 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 : Sergeant Anthony Steven Renshaw RAF 535117 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Frederick Arthur Worsnop RAFVR 1083323 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Joseph Edward Lecomber RAFVR 1393387 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Henry Rochead Williamson RAFVR 1365974 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flying Officer Stanley Wilfred Gould RAF 47704 (NCO:542820 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 10 February, 1942) [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant James McGhee Hargreaves RAFVR 1310051 [Killed] Remains found during excavation in 1952
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Jack Richard Stone RAFVR 1333951 [Killed]
Lemsterland (Lemmer) General Cemetery, Netherlands (52.848172 / 5.711117)
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
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
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, ] |
| 12-May-2024 06:49 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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