ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 58867
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| Date: | Thursday 16 September 1943 |
| Time: | 03:50 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 617 (Dambusters) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JA874 |
| MSN: | KC-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Bramsche, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby (EGXC) |
| RAF Coningsby (EGXC) |
Hit by light Flak during raid on Dortmund-Ems-Canal (1., 3. & 4./leichte Flak-Abteilung 743 (o) and Alarmflak-Batterie of Flak Gruppe Osnabrück).
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer William George Divall RAFVR 143890 [Killed] (NCO:1387753 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 25 May, 1943)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Ernest Cecil Allan Blake RAF 548871 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Douglas William Warwick RCAF J/11112 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Robert Campbell McArthur RAFVR 1551189 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant James Stevenson Simpson RAF 630257 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Daniel Allatson RAF 553739 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Gerald Stanley Miles RAFVR 156040 [Killed] (NCO:1338951 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 05 October, 1943)
Air Gunner : Sergeant Austin Ainsworth Williams RAFVR 1539602 [Killed]
Takeoff time: 00:04
Divall had suffered a knee injury which prevented him from taking part in the Dams Raid.
Sources:
http://www.dambusters.org.uk/docs/recordbook.pdf
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft JA100 - JZ999, published 1990
Lost Bombers
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JA874
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Mar-2009 22:08 | VH-KDK | Added |
| 05-Sep-2011 11:29 | Uli Elch | Updated [Registration, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 06-Sep-2011 03:00 | Uli Elch | Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2012 09:19 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Sep-2018 10:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 17:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 15-Sep-2023 06:48 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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