ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159442
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| Date: | Wednesday 14 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB686 |
| MSN: | KO-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Joncourt, Aisne -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Witchford |
| RAF Witchford |
Abandoned after engine fire on return from mission to Dresden.
Took off from RAF Witchford at 2150 hrs to take part in Operation Thunderclap. Homebound when forced to abandon due to an engine fire, the Lancaster crashing at Joncourt (Nord), 12 km N of St. Quentin. Sgt Preston is buried at nearby Cambrai in the city's Route de Solemes Communal Cemetery.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Archibald Hamilton Dick RAF 184167 (NCO:1395744 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 17 October, 1944)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant C D Rickard RAF
Navigator : Flight Sergeant D R Copland RAF
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer L Willson RCAF
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant S W Berwick RAF
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant R Whittle RAF
Rear Gunner : Sergeant George Preston RAFVR 1826725 [Killed]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 75.
https://www.findagrave.com/page=gr&GRid=25223111
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 October 1944 | LL880 | 115 Sqn RAF | 7 | Oberhausen-Sterkrade, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Aug-2013 19:45 | JINX | Added |
| 27-May-2016 19:05 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 16:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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