ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 193066
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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NG223 |
| MSN: | WS-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bardney |
Took off from RAF Bardney at 08:10 hrs to bomb the Dortmund-Ems canal near Ladbergen. Believed to have been shot down by flak. The dead of the crew now rest in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Crew
Pilot : F/O Peter William Reaks RAFVR 182747 (NCO:1600352) [Killed] (NCO:1600352 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 26 September, 1944)
F/E : Sgt Thomas Scott RAFVR 1569472 [Killed]
Nav : F/S Frank Alton RAF 1581274 [PoW]
B/A : P/O Edward Percy Bates RAFVR 189351 (NCO:65883) [Killed] (NCO:65883 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 06 February, 1945)
W/Op/AG : F/S Stanley William Guy Currigan RAFVR 1800502 [Killed]
M/U : F/S V S Pearce RAF [PoW]
R/G : F/S W G Bamforth RAF 22323 [PoW]
Sources:
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 December 1942 | W4155 | 9 Sqn RAF | 5 | Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 17 June 1943 | ED487 | 9 Sqn RAF | 4 | Vorst, Laakdal, Antwerp |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jan-2017 21:28 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 24-Dec-2017 12:31 | XindelX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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