ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210047
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| Date: | Thursday 29 April 1943 |
| Time: | 01:15 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED325 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Baltic Sea 8-10 km east of Rozewie, pomorskie -
 Poland
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby |
Coned by searchlights of Stellung Rixhöft and hit by 2 and 3,7 cm Flak of the 5./Marine Flak-Abteilung 249 (Stellung Rixhöft), crashed and kept burning until 02:45.
Operation: Gardening – mine-laying operations
Target area: Spinach region of the Baltic
Call Sign: PH-J
Crew:-
Pilot : P/O Laurence Walter George Head DFM RAFVR 143900 (NCO:1377926) [Killed]
F/E : Sgt Harry Hargreaves Wensley RAF 548014 [Killed]
Obs : Sgt Joseph Short RAFVR 1043825 [Killed]
B/A : Sgt John Willatt RAFVR 1236693 [Killed]
W/Op/AG : Sgt Frederick George Roscoe Gibbs RAFVR 1268389 [Killed]
M/U : Sgt Peter Thomas Murphy RAFVR 976496 [Killed]
R/G : Sgt Donald William Payne RAFVR 1317460 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/26922-ED3251943-04-29.html
http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RAFVR_officers_H01.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Apr-2018 17:18 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 28-Apr-2018 17:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 19-Oct-2018 18:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 28-Apr-2022 08:19 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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