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| Date: | Thursday 17 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:20 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EE122 |
| MSN: | GT- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Braunsrath, Waldfeucht, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Manfred Meurer of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands.
Takeoff time: 22:32
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Robert Ballantine Miller RAFVR 147190 (NCO:1343854 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 27 July, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Harold Francis Sheppard RAF 577950 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Hugh Love RAFVR 1552158 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer James Russell Wright RCAF J/17943 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant James Tweedie RAFVR 1067394 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John Alexander Goad Dawe RAFVR 1335335 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant E G G Fisher USAAF [Killed]
It is assumed that one of the navigators, probably F/S Love, was acting as bomb aimer.
All lie at the Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany (51.529254 / 6.564161)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EE122
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jun-2018 16:48 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Nov-2018 10:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 31-May-2024 08:46 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 31-May-2024 08:47 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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