ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159539
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| Date: | Friday 21 July 1944 |
| Time: | 00:57 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PD205 |
| MSN: | WS-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bissegem, Kortrijk, West Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bardney, Lincolnshire |
Took off from RAF Bardney at 23:22 with orders to bomb railway yards at Kortrijk (Courtrai).
The aircraft was hit by the 1./Flak-Regiment 53 and crashed at Bissegem (West-Vlaanderen) about 6 km W of Courtrai. Six are buried in Wevelgem Communal Cemetery, while the grave of Sgt Morriss RCAF is at Adegem Canadian War Cemetery:
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Graham Robert Garlick RAFVR 176966 [Killed] (NCO:1321225 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 18 July, 1944)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Frank William Mills RAFVR 1465875 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Kenneth Charles Stuart RAFVR 1560462 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer John Howard Morriss RCAF J/90381 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Douglas Walter Dagger RAFVR 1616793 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Roy Haywood Barnes RAFVR 1337287 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Thomas Woodman Elliott RAFVR 2210866 [Killed]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 344.
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 1943 | ED831 | 9 Sqn RAF | 8 | IJsselmeer 3 km south of Hoorn, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 15 March 1944 | HK540 | 9 Sqn RAF | 5 | Bietigheim, Bietigheim-Bissingen, Baden-Württemberg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2013 11:57 | JINX | Added |
| 25-Jun-2016 21:42 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Feb-2018 12:52 | Anon. | Updated [Country] |
| 12-Nov-2018 15:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 23-Oct-2020 10:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2022 12:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 20-Jul-2023 07:07 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Location]] |
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