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| Date: | Wednesday 23 June 1943 |
| Time: | 00:55 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED928 |
| MSN: | OF-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kapelstraat / Goedestraat, Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Georg Kraft of the 12./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen airfield.
The deceased are buried at Utrecht (Soestbergen) General Cemetery, the Netherlands.
Takeoff time: 22:52
Crew:
Pilot P/O. G.W. Armstrong J/17547 RCAF Utrecht 12D 1 6
Flight engineer Sgt. E. Bellis 985543 RAF Survived POW
Navigator F/Sgt. J.J. Mansfield 1385811 RAF Utrecht 12D 1 3
Bomb aimer Sgt. J.B.S.P.H. David R/79102 RCAF Utrecht 12D 1 4
Wireless op Sgt. D.E. Williams 1380623 RAF Utrecht 12D 1 2
Air gunner P/O. S. Blackhurst 134081 RAF Utrecht 12D 1 6
Air gunner F/Sgt. A.R. Laing 1042275 RAF Survived POW
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2552
http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=97
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Sep-2015 13:04 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2015 18:37 | Gloug | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 21-Jun-2018 20:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 15:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 22-Jun-2023 13:56 | TigerTimon | Updated |
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