ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52376
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| Date: | Sunday 17 January 1943 |
| Time: | 23:29 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 1654 HCU RAF |
| Registration: | W4772 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 10 km W of Vlieland, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Swinderby |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffozier Karl Pfeiffer of the IV/NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 F-4 or Do 215 B-5 from Leeuwarden airfield. This was his 20th confirmed victory.
Target: Berlin
Call Sign: -X
Takeoff time: 16:47
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Frederick Arthur Read DFC RAFVR 128958 [Killed] (NCO:1160143 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 22 September, 1942) Runnymede Memorial 133
Flight Engineer : Flying Officer Laurence Edwin Stockwell RAFVR 109381 [Killed] (NCO:917786 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 25 November, 1941) Runnymede Memorial 129
Navigator : Pilot Officer Brinley Ewart Morgan RAFVR 129636 [Killed] (NCO:1319403 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 03 November, 1942) Runnymede Memorial 132
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Frank Redman Leonard RAFVR 122723 [Killed] (NCO:1063580 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 25 August, 1942) Runnymede Memorial 125
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Ernest Charles Webb RAFVR 1375146 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial 169
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Donald Thane Pitman DFM RAFVR 984566 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial 161 (Attached from 61 Sqdn according to CWGC)
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Peter Henry Pearce RAFVR 1585059 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial 161
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1988&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/LuftwaffeVictoriesByNameDatabase/?q=Pfeiffer&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Jan-2018 14:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Mar-2022 05:47 | redsix1 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 04:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 17-Jan-2024 08:09 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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