ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159366
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| Date: | Monday 5 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 1669 HCU RAF |
| Registration: | PB570 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Langar, Nottinghamshire |
Lancaster PB570: Missing on night navex exercise in bad weather. 05/02/1945
Took off from RAF Langar to carry out a night cross-country navigation flight. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after t/o and it did not return to base. The route was - Base-Basenstoke-Barnstaple-Bude-St Marys-Bardsey-Aberystwth-Northampton-Base.
Crew:
AUS427274 F/Sgt (Pilot) Ian Albert WEST RAAF - killed
1605772 Sgt (Flt. Eng.) Gerald Frederick Arthur CLAPTON RAFVR - killed
1676657 Sgt (Nav.) Roy HOLMES RAFVR - killed
1804021 Sgt (Air Bomber) Henry William Nevil DRAWBRIDGE RAFVR - killed
1891873 Sgt (W.Op./Air) Leslie Marcus TANNEN RAFVR - killed
3025347 Sgt (Air Gnr.[MUG]) Peter Hadrian VOLLER RAFVR - killed
1899507 Sgt (Air Gnr.[Rear]) Eric Durham KEELING RAFVR - killed
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Alan Storr/CWGC & BCL8/158.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Aug-2013 01:29 | JINX | Added |
| 07-Dec-2014 07:38 | Jixon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2023 12:32 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Narrative, Operator] |
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