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Date: | Monday 6 September 1943 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | W4922 |
MSN: | ZN- |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Syerston |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Possibly hit by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Lenz Finster of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands; or by heavy Flak.
Takeoff time: 19:50
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer John Taylor RAAF Aus/412735 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Phillip Roberts RAFVR 1511208 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer George Richard McCleave RAFVR 134062 [Killed] (NCO:1334342 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 09 February, 1943)
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Joseph Gordon Clarke RAFVR 1230788 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant George Hutchinson Rennie Bell RAFVR 1318653 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Hugh Patrick Purdy RAFVR 1613094 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant James Patrick Sheridan RAAF Aus/425810 [Killed]
F/O McCleave's brother, F/S Eric Stanley McCleave, also died on service on 10 Nov 44 with 518 Sqdn. Flight Sergeant Eric Stanley McCleave RAFVR 1324971 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W4922 Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Sep-2018 16:45 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
27-Oct-2018 21:11 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
05-Jun-2023 07:58 |
Rob Davis |
Updated |