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Date: | Friday 23 February 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | PA237 |
MSN: | SR-V |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Gültstein southeast of Herrenberg -
Germany
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Ludford Magna |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Mission to Pforzheim. Took off from RAF Ludford Magna at 1613 hrs. All are buried in Durnbach War Cemetery.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant William Wallace Watt RAFVR 155790 (NCO:1058657 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 05 October, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Randolph Edward Winstone RAFVR 1897367 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Stuart Rufus Allen RAFVR 1602947 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Arthur White Stuart RAFVR 163582 (NCO:1603104 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 April, 1944) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Geoffrey Arthur Stephens RAFVR 2204309 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Joshua Alderdice Slater RAFVR 1549547 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant David Mortimer RAFVR 1596898 [Killed]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
http://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/PA2371945-02-24.html Royal Air force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 93.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Aug-2013 16:19 |
JINX |
Added |
03-Jun-2015 07:28 |
Weeks |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
28-May-2016 19:33 |
Red Dragon |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
10-Sep-2018 09:32 |
Anon. |
Updated [Date, Location] |
09-Oct-2018 05:24 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
23-Feb-2024 07:58 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Narrative] |