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| Date: | Thursday 13 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:44 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED329 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Maasniel (behind the brickworks factory), Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Walter Ehle of the Stab II./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond airfield, Belgium.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: DX-
Takeoff time: 23:59
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Victor Albert Wilson RAFVR 126985 (NCO:1376943 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 25 August, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Samuel Laughlin RAFVR 980462 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer John Douglas Wallace RAFVR 130163 (NCO:1004582 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 24 November, 1942) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Philip Gaer Kehl RAF 1335521 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Richard Bruce Loverseed RAFVR 1198322 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Alexander Steel RAFVR 1409336 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Cecil Louis Gerding RCAF R/115979 [Killed]
P/O Wallace's sister, Agnes Harris Wallace, also died on service; aged 25, was a Nurse in the Merchant Navy serving on SS City Of Benares (built 1936), and is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial; she died on September 17th 1940. She was the daughter of Dr David and Mrs Mary J. Wallace, of West Terrace, Ullapool, Ross and Cromarty.
Associated : Miss Agnes Harris Wallace M.Navy R97490 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2288&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 |
| 10-May-2018 11:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 11-May-2024 06:32 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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