ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48890
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| Date: | Thursday 5 April 1945 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 626 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PD295 |
| MSN: | UM-B2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | English Channel - |
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby |
Mission to Lutzkendorf. Took off from RAF Wickenby at 2102 to strike at the Wintershall synthetic-oil plant. Presumed lost over the sea. Four are buried in France; Sgt Fletcher, found near Den Helder on 18 June 1945, lies on Texel in Den Burg General Cemetery, while Flt Lt Eames and Plt Off are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Horace Eames DFC RAFVR 141706 (NCO:1386013 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 13 April, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant George Harry Fletcher RAFVR 1595397 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Arthur Desmond Moore RAFVR 163606 (NCO:1380520 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 11 April, 1944) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer William Young RAFVR 154575 (NCO:1367981 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 15 February, 1944) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer William Abrum Mitcham RAFVR 195029 (NCO:1600921 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 10 April, 1945) [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Ronald Frederick Clarke RAFVR 3031556 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant George Davies RAFVR 1898051 [Killed]
Flt Lt Eames Runnymede Memorial
Sgt Fletcher Den Burg General Cemetery
Fg Off Moore Calais Southern Cemetery
Fg Off Young Runnymede Memorial
Plt Off Mitcham Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
Sgt Clarke Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
Sgt Davies Pihen-les-Guines New Cemetery
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T5501K
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/eames-kenneth.html
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 155
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1945
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 January 1944 | DV190 | 626 Sqn RAF | 6 | 200 metres east of Breiteiche, Gardelegen, Sachsen-Anhalt |  |
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| 15 February 1944 | JB595 | 626 Sqn RAF | 1 | runway Erfurt airfield | |
w/o |
| 29 August 1944 | ME742 | 626 Sqn RAF | 0 | Nyled, 1 km S Båstad (Skane) |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Aug-2013 16:39 | JINX | Updated [Date, Operator, Phase, Narrative] |
| 02-Jun-2016 13:22 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jun-2016 16:43 | Red Dragon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2018 21:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 24-Jun-2022 23:49 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 28-Jun-2022 10:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Damage] |
| 28-Jun-2022 11:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time] |
| 28-Jun-2022 11:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time] |
| 28-Jun-2022 11:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 04-Apr-2024 07:16 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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