Date:	Saturday 17 March 1945
Time:
Type:	Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:	166 Sqn RAF
Registration:	PA234
MSN:	AS-M
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Grosshabersdorf -   Germany
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Kirmington
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mission to Nurnberg. Crashed near Grosshabersdorf, 13¼ miles west-south-west of the centre of Nuremburg. /O Muncer was found, minus his left arm and he was tended to by a German farmer's wife, who arranged his admission to hospital. Meanwhile, a French prisoner found the severed arm, removed the inscribed watch and sent it to the Red Cross. Subsequently, it was returned to F/O Muncer who in 1947 was instrumental in obtaining the early release of the German farmer's son, who was himself a prisoner of war in England.

Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Kevin Patrick Muncer DFC RAF 184031 (NCO:902582 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 17 October, 1944) [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Victor Jones RAFVR 1045917 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Wilfred Henry Gerrard RAF 162112 (NCO:1583657 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 21 March, 1944) [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant James Paterson RAFVR 1682300 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flying Officer Ronald George Buckland RAFVR 171366 (NCO:1376840 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 07 March, 1944) [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flying Officer John Vincent Gardner RAFVR 172025 (NCO:9197086 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 21 March, 1944) [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant William Cyril Jeffrey Reynolds RCAF R/274514 [Killed]

All casualties lie at the Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany (47.778371 / 11.733537) except Flying Officer Buckland who is remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Aug-2013 16:19	JINX	Added
31-May-2016 18:29	Red Dragon	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
02-Nov-2018 18:16	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ]
19-Jul-2024 07:50	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]