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Date: | Thursday 16 December 1943 |
Time: | 18:11 LT |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | DV300 |
MSN: | SR-W |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | NE of Tacozijl, Lemmer, Friesland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 16:25 for an operation to Berlin.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the 12./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+DZ from Leeuwarden airfield.
Crew:
Pilot F/Lt. R.E. MacFarlane DFM J/16696 RCAF Lemmer C 8 230
Flight engineer Sgt. J.E. Clarke 1803722 RAF Lemmer C 8 229
Navigator Sgt. L.D. Wilson 1621809 RAF Lemmer C 8 228
Bomb aimer Sgt. F.R. Westall 1394339 RAF Lemmer C 8 221
Special operator F/O. L.E. Thompson J/17581 RCAF Runnymede Memorial 175
Wo ag Sgt. D.B. Harvey 1394496 RAF Runnymede Memorial 152
Air gunner Sgt. E.R.E. Jordan 1275767 RAF Lemmer C 8 231
Air gunner Sgt. J. Ireland 435308 RAF Runnymede Memorial 154
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=DV300&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
13-Dec-2018 10:12 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
13-Dec-2018 10:15 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Location] |
13-Dec-2018 18:34 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
15-Jun-2022 17:47 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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