ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 94015
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| Date: | Saturday 31 March 1945 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | KB761 |
| MSN: | 37062 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Target: Blohm & Voss Shipyards, Hamburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St.George, County Durham |
Served with No. 419 (Bomber) Squadron, RCAF, coded "VR-H". Bombed Duisburg on 21/22 February 1945. Failed to return from day time operation over Hamburg on 31 March 1945. Shot down during raid on the Blohn & Voss Shipyards at Hamburg by a Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter, probably flown by German Luftwaffe fighter ace Franz Schall. No survivors - all seven crew lost
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Harry Alfred Metivier RCAF J/24761 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer William Muir Sommerville RCAF J/94593 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer James Todd RCAF J/42181 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Robert Oliver Johnson RCAF J/40077 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Pilot Officer George Matuszewski RCAF J/95402 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer Hayward Selby Tulk RCAF J/95511 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Earl Edward Morphy RCAF J/95458 [Killed]
NOTE: Although the target was the Blohm & Voss Shipyards in Hamburg, it is probable that the aircraft managed to keep airborne long enough to Ditch into the North Sea (see link #3). Formally Struck off Charge as Cat.E(Missing) 4-5-1945.
Sources:
1. Air Britain: RAF Aircraft KA100-KZ999, published 1990
2. http://www.luftwaffe.cz/schall.html
3. http://aircrewremembered.com/metivier-harry-alfred.html
4. http://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/lancavro.html#indexkb761
5. http://www.lancaster-archive.com/lanc_unknowncrashsites.pdf
6. https://425alouette.wordpress.com/category/divers/page/32/
7. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Sep-2011 05:00 | Uli Elch | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Sep-2011 05:14 | Uli Elch | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Narrative] |
| 10-Oct-2018 00:40 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Oct-2018 12:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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