ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48893
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| Date: | Tuesday 3 April 1945 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 626 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PA190 |
| MSN: | UM-G2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Dutch coast -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby |
Mission to Nordhausen. Took off from RAF Wickenby at 1315 hrs to bomb a military barracks. Presumed lost off the Dutch coast. On 16 June,the body of Sgt Keeble was washed ashore near Heilevoet-sluis; he rests in Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General Cemetery. The others have no known graves.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Leslie Keith Driver RNZAF NZ/28784 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Alastair Wingate Scott RAFVR 1567699 [Killed]
Navigator : Warrant Officer Class II Edward John O'Rourke RCAF R/120092 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Joseph Gordon Hallowell RAFVR 154684 [Killed] (NCO:1623908 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 22 February, 1944)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Gordon Walter Edmund Keeble RAFVR 1874510 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant John Leo Cooke RCAF R/271065 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Lester Cockerham RCAF R/221212 [Killed]
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1945%20sec_tcm5-7286.pdf
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 151.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Aug-2013 15:43 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2016 21:48 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2018 21:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 26-Mar-2020 09:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location] |
| 24-Jun-2022 23:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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