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| Date: | Friday 28 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:09 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | ED804 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Moordakker, Herveld, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Walter Schön of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield.
Target: Essen
Call Sign: AR-Z
Takeoff time: 23:14
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Charles Harrison RAFVR 131027 (NCO:1389929 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 08 December, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Charles Richard Stanley Morris RAF 1221985 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant William Guthrie Schrader RAAF Aus/413434 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Colin Campbell Bates RAAF Aus/415391 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant William Alfred Blackwell RAFVR 1272014 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Ernest James Kerr RAAF Aus/414697 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant John Alexander Grant RAAF Aus/420661 [Killed]
All lie at the Uden War Cemetery, Netherlands (51.663822 / 5.612422)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2393
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-May-2018 17:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2018 19:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 23-May-2023 12:50 | TigerTimon | Updated |
| 20-May-2024 11:36 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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