ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138390
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| Date: | Saturday 31 March 1945 |
| Time: | 09:07 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force (RAF) |
| Registration: | KB869 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hittfeld, near (18 km S Hamburg) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St. George |
Shot down during raid on Hamburg by a Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Donald Stuart Maxwell Bowes RCAF J/37559 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer John Rea RCAF J/94588 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant G R Berry RCAF R/86969 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer John Joseph Gladish RCAF J/39988 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Bruce Maclennan RCAF J/95550 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant R W Rowlands RCAF [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant W H Milne RCAF [PoW]
Sources:
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft KA100 - KZ999, published 1990
- Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Sep-2011 05:33 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 07-Sep-2011 02:49 | Uli Elch | Updated [Source] |
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