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| Date: | Tuesday 11 April 1944 |
| Time: | 23:15 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND389 |
| MSN: | OL-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Boensberg, Merksplas, Antwerp -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 20:46 hrs for an operation to Aachen in Germany.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab IV./NJG 1, who had become airborne from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield at 22:08 hrs, in Bf 110 G-4 G9+DF.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Victor McConnell RAFVR 159570 (NCO:1264496 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 30 November, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Terence Powell RAFVR 1654832 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Alfred John Spencer Watts RAFVR 135663 (NCO:1337601 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 23 February, 1943) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Harry Sidney Vickers RAFVR 1576350 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Walter Surgey RAFVR 1575402 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Gordon Hamer Bradshaw RAFVR 1338925 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant William John Throsby RAFVR 1818982 [Killed]
Sources:
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/lancaster-nd389-te-merksplas
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ND389
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Mar-2020 14:37 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 11-Apr-2022 13:27 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2022 02:46 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 11-Apr-2024 06:38 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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