ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138395
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| Date: | Saturday 31 March 1945 |
| Time: | daytime |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 635 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB958 |
| MSN: | F2-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hamburg-Billstedt -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
Mission to Hamburg. Crashed in town. Took off from RAF Downham Market at 0649 hrs to mark Blohm and Voss shipyards. Crashed into the garden of a house at Steinkamp 23, Hamburg-Billstedt. Of the six airmen who died, four were aged twenty. They are buried in Hamburg Cemetery, Ohlsdorf.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Arthur Lewis RAAF Aus/422590 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Alex Philip Weir RAFVR 2218761 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Kevin George Clark RAAF Aus/435185 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Eric Chenoweth RAAF Aus/437046 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Colin Delaney RAAF Aus/432545 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flying Officer John James Kennelly RAAF Aus/431320 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Neville Edward Peters RAAF Aus/433167 [Killed]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
http://scarletboy44.tumblr.com/post/115131704648/remember-flight-sergeant-kevin-george-clark-no
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 150.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Sep-2011 06:07 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 07-Sep-2011 02:41 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 29-Aug-2013 08:20 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2016 21:22 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2018 20:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 31-Mar-2022 11:55 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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