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Date: | Monday 23 August 1943 |
Time: | 23:33 |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 100 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | ED774 |
MSN: | HW-L |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Waddenzee SE of Den Helder, Noord-Holland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Grimsby |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Hit by heavy Flak of the 3./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 246, schwere Batterie Vieland-West. Exploded and crashed into the mud flats.
Takeoff time: 21:00
Crew:
Pilot P/O. L.K. Needs 413015 RAAF Runnymede Memorial 191
Flight engineer Sgt. P.A. Whitter 1864357 RAF Runnymede Memorial 169
Navigator Sgt. R.G. Reay 1543666 RAF Runnymede Memorial 162
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. H.J. Hahn R/152439 RCAF Runnymede Memorial 182
Wo ag Sgt. W.B. Jamieson 1370277 RAF Runnymede Memorial 154
Air gunner Sgt. A. Stansfield 1127348 RAF Runnymede Memorial 165
Air gunner Sgt. W.S. Fletton 1222635 RAF Runnymede Memorial 149
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2842&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
10-Aug-2018 14:32 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
14-Oct-2018 16:44 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
17-Jun-2022 11:46 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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