ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138394
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| Date: | Saturday 31 March 1945 |
| Time: | daytime |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB517 |
| MSN: | GT-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Stemmen, 15 km NE of Rotenburg (Wümme) (Niedersachsen) * -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Cambrigeshire |
| RAF Upwood |
Lancaster III PB517 "GT-O" of 156 Sqn, RAF. Took Off from Upwood 06:47 - Target: the Blohm und Voss Shipyard in Hamburg. Crashed 31 March 1945 near Stemmen, 15 Km NE of Rotenburg. *Other sources give the crash location as 17 km West of Rotenburg (Wümme) instead. All 8 crew killed:
Pilot : F/L Anthony Colin Pope DFC RAFVR 127878 (NCO:928279) [Killed] (NCO:928279 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 20 October, 1942)
F/E : F/L George Alexander James Morrison RAFVR 179386 (NCO:1345719) [Killed] (NCO:1345719 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 19 September, 1944)
Nav : F/L Lorne Earle Munro DFC RCAF J/29516 [Killed]
2/Nav : P/O Edgar Hope Marlow RAFVR 188495 (NCO:1623119) [Killed] (NCO:1623119 Commission Gazetted : Friday 09 February, 1945)
B/A : F/O Thomas Michael McCabe RAFVR 171070 [Killed]
W/Op : F/S Kenneth Antcliffe RAFVR 1144814 [Killed]
M/U : P/O Ivan Wesley Kelly RCAF J/92436 [Killed]
R/G : P/O Robert Cecil Fletcher RCAF J/92541 [Killed]
The reason that PB517 has a crew of 8 instead of the usual 7 was that P/O Marlow was flying as a second navigator.
Sources:
1. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
2. http://www.rafupwood.co.uk/156losses.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 January 1944 | JB310 | 156 Sqn RAF | 7 | Missing - Berlin operation | |
w/o |
| 21 January 1944 | JA912 | 156 Sqn RAF | 0 | near Neuermark-Lübars, Sachsen-Anhalt | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Sep-2011 06:00 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 07-Sep-2011 02:43 | Uli Elch | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Aug-2013 19:17 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Dec-2014 00:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Dec-2014 00:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2016 21:24 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator] |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 29-Oct-2019 11:54 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 01-Nov-2019 20:07 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 31-Mar-2022 11:46 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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