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| Date: | Thursday 17 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:46 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED785 |
| MSN: | EA- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | mouth of the Schelde 2 km SW of Vlissingen, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fiskerton |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Rudolf Frank of the 2./NJG 3 (detached to 2./NJG 1), flying Bf 110 G-4 D5+CH from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Takeoff time: 22:11
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader George Gerard Storey RAF 37615 [Killed] Vlissingen E 25 Recovered from sea near Westkapelle at 21-6-43
2nd Pilot : Sergeant John Burnside RAFVR 1148682 [Killed] Vlissingen E 21
Flight Engineer : Sergeant George Samuel Underlin RAFVR 1271149 [Killed] Vlissingen E 24 Recovered from sea near Zoutelande at 18-6-43
Navigator : Flying Officer Ronald Charles Blythe RAFVR 133459 Vlissingen F 25 Washed up Vlissingen harbour at 22-7-43 (NCO:1397189 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 22 December, 1942)
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant William Henry Waring RAFVR 1348637 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial 168
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Maurice Gordon Webb RCAF R/101741 [PoW] rescued by German patrol vessel
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Myrl Ellwood Bunn RCAF R/102867 [Killed] Vlissingen E 22
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Harold Buttrey RAFVR 991263 [Killed] Vlissingen E 23
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2476&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Jun-2018 17:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Oct-2018 05:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 23-Jun-2022 01:49 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 26-Aug-2024 06:43 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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