Date:	Tuesday 25 July 1944
Time:	22:10 LT
Type:	Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:	405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF
Registration:	PA972
MSN:	LQ-D
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Gransden Lodge -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Gransden Lodge
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Took off from RAF Gransden Lodge at 22:10 and crashed almost immediately, coming to a halt with its under carriage smashed. No injuries reported but the Lancaster was damaged beyond repair.

Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Charles Harold Fisher RCAF J/19844
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Eric Noel Jolly RAFVR 1871640
Navigator : Pilot Officer A B Johnson RCAF
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Maxwell Boyd Calhoun DFC RCAF J/23966
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Kenneth Donovan Kemp RCAF J/12962
Wireless Operator : Warrant Officer Class II F M Nice RCAF
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant F Misofori RCAF
Rear Gunner : Sergeant C Ferguson RCAF

Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 352.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-Aug-2013 08:22	JINX	Added
05-Nov-2014 16:52	Newton	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ]
24-May-2015 20:28	Z. Zeeland	Updated [Operator, Country, Phase, ]
26-Jun-2016 15:33	Red Dragon	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
26-Jun-2016 20:55	Red Dragon	Updated [Narrative, ]
13-Oct-2018 16:49	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, Destination airport, ]
07-Jun-2021 17:30	TigerTimon	Updated [Time, Total fatalities, ]
16-Oct-2025 07:25	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]