ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158401
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 March 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PA196 |
| MSN: | EM-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bohlen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Spilsby |
Mission to Bohlen. took off from RAF Spilsby at 23:43 to bomb synthetic-oil plant. Lost without trace. All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Their average age was 22.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Raymond Allan Lewis RAAF Aus/19892 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Charles James Dewdney RAFVR 1837028 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer John Duncan Smith RAFVR 164200 (NCO:1570252 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 16 May, 1944) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Gerald Matsumoto RAFVR 1585927 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Warrant Officer William Bruce Judd RAAF Aus/429286 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Henry Oswald Collin RAFVR 1880273 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Thomas Arnold Lawton RAFVR 2222713 [Killed]
All have no known grave and are remembered on the Runnymede Memorial (GPS 51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
http://www.207squadron.rafinfo.org.uk/PA196/#dewdney
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 141.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Aug-2013 16:19 | JINX | Added |
| 01-Jun-2016 16:41 | Red Dragon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 08:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 20-Mar-2024 07:42 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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