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| Date: | Thursday 13 May 1943 |
| Time: | 23:54 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4305 |
| MSN: | KM-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 3 km south of Hörstel, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Herbert Lütje of the 8./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield, the Netherlands.
Target: Plzeň
Takeoff time: 21:40
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant James Guy McDougall Olding RCAF R/127962 (Officer:J/17622 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 27 October, 1942) [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Paul Stephens RAFVR 1316715 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Eric Leslie Orchard RAFVR 1391877 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Ronald Dewey RAFVR 1391811 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Norman Edwin Gei Taylor RAFVR 1330788 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Duncan Cram RAFVR 1354608 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant William Edward O'Halloran RCAF R/124579 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/26247-W43051943-05-14.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W4305
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-May-2018 19:10 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Oct-2018 10:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 15-Nov-2018 08:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-May-2024 06:38 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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