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| Date: | Wednesday 15 March 1944 |
| Time: | 23:12 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND557 |
| MSN: | MG-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Tannheim, Villingen-Schwenningen, Baden-Württemberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 19:39 hrs for an operation to Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Gerhard Raht of the 4./NJG 3.
The aircraft crashed on a hillside directly on the boundaries of three small villages:
Tannheim (Villingen-Schwenningen) - Wolterdingen (Donaueschingen) - Klengen (Brigachtal).
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Douglas Alfred Carter RAAF Aus/410145 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer Peter Hanson Hamby RAFVR 170729 (NCO:1452161 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 07 March, 1944) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Hoskin Peter Riddle RAFVR 1587493 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Kenneth Charles Dyer RAAF Aus/422462 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Ian Hay Nicolson RCAF J/21172 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Reginald George Ryder RAFVR 1238672 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant George Alfred Johnston RAAF Aus/418535 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Roy Stanley Smith RAAF Aus/417527 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ND557
Google Maps
http://sas.raf38group.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1059&start=30
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jan-2020 20:29 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 15-Jan-2020 20:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Damage] |
| 15-Jan-2020 20:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 15-Mar-2024 07:43 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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