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Date: | Wednesday 17 January 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | PB802 |
MSN: | LS-F |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Harling, Norfolk -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall |
Destination airport: | RAF Mildenhall |
Narrative:Dived into ground on navex.
Mission ; Training. Took off from RAF Mildenhall at 1603 hrs on a cross country and bombing exercise. Dived into the ground 2130 hrs at Harling, about 8 miles ENE of Thetford, Norfolk. The first five named are buried in Cambridge City Cemetery. Both air gunners were claimed by their next-of-kin.
Crew
Fg Off J H Crone RAAF (KIA)
Sgt R Devlin (KIA)
Sgt G R Lake (KIA)
Flt Sgt L R Wilkins (KIA)
Plt Off L M Riordan RAAF (KIA)
Fg Off W E Fuller (KIA)
Fg Off H H Freedman (KIA)
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 53.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Aug-2013 02:16 |
JINX |
Added |
19-May-2016 18:42 |
Red Dragon |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
06-Nov-2018 20:33 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |