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| Date: | Sunday 25 July 1943 |
| Time: | 02:50 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED389 |
| MSN: | PM-J2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 25 km west of Schagen, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hermann Greiner of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen or Leeuwarden airfield.
Takeoff time: 22:11
Crew:-
Pilot : Warrant Officer Gordon Edmund Bernard Hardman RAFVR 1394564 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant David Dennis Williams RAF 576733 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant William Whitelaw McLellan RAFVR 1558044 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant David Ian Cameron RAFVR 1320110 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Bertram George Radbourn RAFVR 1313369 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant John Edmund Couch RCAF R/105693 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant George Charles Witchlow RAFVR 1269601 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2690&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Jul-2018 05:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2018 19:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 16-May-2024 08:32 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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