ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159336
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| Date: | Thursday 22 March 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB521 |
| MSN: | OF-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | South of the Elbe at Feldmark Leeswig, Hamburg-Neuenfelde -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Mission to Hamburg. Took off from RAF Coningsby at 0121 to bomb the Deutsche Erdölwerke refinery. , Hamburg-Neuenfelde. F/Sgt Bray fell into the nearby River Este and drowned. Buried in a field grave, he now lies in Hamburg Cemetery, Olsdorf. The others who died in the crash are buried in the Becklingen War Cemetery, while F/Lt Taylor RNZAF rest in Hannover War cemetery having died from severe spinal injuries on 30 April 1945 at Stalag XB, where he was initially buried after being liberated.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Owen Patrick Fewster Taylor DFC RNZAF NZ/421792 [Fatal Injury]
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant John Burke Aherne RAFVR 1795799 [Killed]
Navigator : Squadron Leader Winston Mather Burnside DFC RAF 118724 [PoW] (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 09 June, 1942)
Bomb Aimer : Warrant Officer J H Bushby RAF [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Norman Henry Stauber RAFVR 1456888 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Anthony Rainsford RAFVR 710264 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant William Thomas Bray RAFVR 1853723 [Killed]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 143.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 August 1943 | EE105 | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 1 | near Shouldham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England |  |
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| 16 December 1943 | JA963 | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 8 | near the Schiller Park, Schillerstraße, Berlin | |
w/o |
| 30 January 1944 | JB535 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 7 | Kanaalweg road, Kolhorn, Noord-Holland |  |
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| 15 February 1944 | ND478 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 5 | Mmeadow 150 metres south of Faaborg hospital, Syddanmark |  |
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| 12 September 1944 | PB510 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 3 | Hargesheim | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Aug-2013 19:27 | JINX | Added |
| 01-Jun-2016 18:38 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 15:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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