Date:	Saturday 17 March 1945
Time:
Type:	Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:	12 Sqn RAF
Registration:	PD207
MSN:	PH-W
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Junvincourt Airfield -   France
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Wickenby
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mission to Nurnberg. took off from RAF Wickenby at 1706 hrs. Bombed the AP at 2129 hrs from 13,000 ft, after which the crew diverted to Junvincourt airfield, France. Apparently, no one was injured and the Squadron records are devoid of explanation as to why the Lancaster was written off. However, AM Form 78 states it received irreparable battle damage. *12 Squadron July 44-Lost 16/17 Mar 45 after 50 operations
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer James Lester Wallace RCAF J/29015
Flight Engineer : Sergeant William Tracey RAF 3021727
Navigator : Flying Officer Douglas Mclean Harrison RNZAF NZ/40793
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer W R Brooke RNZAF NZ/40940
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant George Tyson Smith RAF 2205541
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Douglas Edmund Adams RCAF R/366134
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Raymond Earl Hardick RCAF R/272882

Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
*Avro Lancaster The Definitive Record (2nd Edition)
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 131.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

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JB283

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near Ehren, Löningen, Niedersachsen

w/o

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
29-Aug-2013 12:03	JINX	Added
31-May-2016 18:29	Red Dragon	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
18-Oct-2018 19:09	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]