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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
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Langar, Nottinghamshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative: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] |