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Date: | Wednesday 15 March 1944 |
Time: | 23:19 claim |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 578 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | LW542 |
MSN: | LK-S |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Wurmlingen, Baden-Württemberg -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Burn, UK |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 19:03 hrs for an operation to Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Helmut Bunje of the 4./NJG 6 (based at Echterdingen airfield), who was flying a Bf 110 G-4.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant John Douglas Lyon RAFVR 1335701 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Frank Thomas Cadge RAFVR 1874339 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Douglas Alexander Weir RAF 1565381 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Leonard Alvin Bland RCAF J/24016 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant D J Salt RAF [PoW, repatriated]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Aubrey William George Waters RAF 1867865 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Robert Elliott RAFVR 1523249 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LW542 Google Maps
http://ww2.dk/oob/bestand/njagd/biinjg6.html http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Nachtjagdgeschwader/NJG6.htm Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
18-Jan-2020 22:40 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
15-Mar-2024 08:07 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |