ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52354
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| Date: | Thursday 17 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:55 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED945 |
| MSN: | PM-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Hal 19, Esch, NE of Boxtel, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Manfred Meurer of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield.
Takeoff time: 22:33
Crew:
Pilot F/O. K.I. Dexter 127249 RAF Eindhoven JJB 106
Flight engineer Sgt. R.C. Ridgway 540625 RAF Eindhoven JJB 111
Navigator Sgt. W.T. Shepherd 1390821 RAF Eindhoven JJB 105
Bomb aimer Sgt. H.G. Thomas 1335963 RAF Eindhoven JJB 109
Wo ag Sgt. H. Staples 1291030 RAF Eindhoven JJB 107
Air gunner Sgt. J.M. Carroll 936076 RAF Eindhoven JJB 110
Air gunner Sgt. R.A. Heslop 1144359 RAF Eindhoven JJB 108
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2478&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 December 1942 | W4334 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | Eilandspolder, Graft, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Jun-2018 17:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2018 19:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 23-Jun-2022 01:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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