ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51913
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| Date: | Thursday 13 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:17 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4955 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Eemnes, Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Heinz Vinke of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen airfield.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: OL-R
Takeoff time: 00:31
Crew:
Pilot F/Lt. L.A. Rickinson DFC 45901 RAF Amersfoort 13 7 127
Flight engineer F/Sgt. D.B. Bourne 967727 RAF Amersfoort 13 6 125
Navigator F/Lt. H.D.M. Ransome 404486 RAAF Survived pow
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. T.R. Cairns 1051616 RAF Amersfoort 13 7 129
Wo ag P/O. W.L. Gibbs 402922 RAAF Amersfoort 13 7 126
Air gunner F/Sgt. S.A. Hathaway 1330482 RAF Amersfoort 13 7 128
Air gunner F/Sgt. H. Plant 1209375 RAF Amersfoort 13 6 118
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2292&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 |
| 10-May-2018 10:10 | 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] |
| 12-Jan-2019 10:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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