ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202671
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| Date: | Friday 17 April 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5510 |
| MSN: | KM-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 3 km West of Augsburg, Bayern -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington |
Hit by flak over the target and crashed 3 km West of Augsburg. Those who died were intially buried at Augsburg. After the war they were re-interred at Durnbach War Cemetery.
Crew
65503 Fg Off A J Garwell DFM PoW Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria. PoW Number 117.
778173 Sgt L L Dando (Southern Rhodesia) PoW Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug. PoW Number 150.
39864 Flt Sgt F S Kirke RNZAF PoW Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug. PoW Number 165
646895 Flt Sgt Robert James Flux DFM - Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 6. G. 7-15.
R/68396 Flt Sgt Douglas Haig McAlpine RCAF - Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 6. G. 7-15.
999623 Sgt J Watson PoW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 186.
1168677 Sgt Ivor Edwards - Durnbach War Cemetery 6. G. 6.
Sources:
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
RAF Prisoners of War.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 June 1942 | R5515 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, England |  |
sub |
| 25 March 1944 | ME672 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 6 | De Flaes swamp, Lage Mierde, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 22 June 1944 | ND973 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 7 | between Melick and Herkenbosch; Limburg | |
w/o |
| 13 September 1944 | PB189 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 8 | freight railway station at Stuttgart | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Dec-2017 13:24 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 30-Oct-2018 04:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 28-Oct-2019 14:49 | Uli Elch | Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2019 19:50 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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