ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159525
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Date: | Thursday 5 April 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 635 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | PB949 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 10km W of Meppen, Ems, Niedersachsen -
Germany
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market, UK |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Missing on mission to Harburg.
Pilot: Flt Lt Philip Edward Cawthorne DFC RAAF Aus/417049
Flight Engineer: Flt Sgt B R McMaster PoW
Rear Gunner: WO Irvine James Kinney RCAF R/250856 +
Flight Engineer P/O G Wilson 191391 Evaded
Bomb Aimer F/O Frank Miles Williams 164595 (NCO:1811759) PoW
Navigator P/O Bryan George Roberts DFC 191405 (NCO:1603311) PoW
Shot down, 4 killed, Flight Engineer and three others blown clear at 18,000ft, captured. Released from Stalag Luft I by Russian forces on 5 May 1945.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Aug-2013 08:17 |
JINX |
Added |
26-Jun-2014 10:26 |
Anon. |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Narrative] |
26-Jun-2014 17:39 |
Anon. |
Updated [Narrative, Photo, ] |
23-Oct-2018 20:27 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
15-Sep-2021 08:53 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Narrative] |
27-Jun-2022 08:57 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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