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| Date: | Saturday 12 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:02 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED357 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer 10 km N of Harderwijk, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Helmut Bergmann of the 8./NJG 4 (detached to Stab NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 from Deelen airfield.
Target: Düsseldorf
Call Sign: PH-S
Takeoff time: 22:40
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Daniel McNicol Thomson RAAF Aus/409256 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant James Leslie Osborne RAFVR 1172557 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Kenneth Bowes RAFVR 1098656 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant William Middleton Ward RAFVR 1553630 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Douglas Noel Campbell RAFVR 1345600 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant William Thomas "Bill" Pingle RCAF R/146605 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Clarence Wesley Albert Sparling RCAF R/51866 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2424&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Feb-2012 22:03 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants] |
| 11-Jun-2018 10:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2018 18:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 01-Jun-2019 17:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code] |
| 20-Jun-2022 10:06 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 26-May-2024 06:44 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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