ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159049
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| Date: | Tuesday 12 December 1944 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 195 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB112 |
| MSN: | JE-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Dortmund area, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wratting Common, Suffolk |
| Witten |
Took off at 10:57 hrs for an operation against the Ruhrstahl steelworks at Witten. Shot down by an Me109 fighter.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Robert Tait Roth RCAF J/36353 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Douglas Cyril Cullum RAFVR 1880199 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer George Richard Barry RCAF J/40544 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Norman Richard Waring RAFVR 154092 [Killed] (NCO:1399854 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 22 February, 1944)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Bernard White RAFVR 1402780 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Mark Goldwater RCAF R/273033 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Joseph Aaron Friedman RCAF R/219171 [PoW]
All the casualties are buried in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 51.740880 / 6.082017
In his book "the Eighth Passenger" the 218 Squadron bomb-aimer Miles Tripp describes an incident which fits only one loss on this operation. ""I glanced below. An Me109, its white cross looking newly painted on a green and black fuselage, was beginning a curve of pursuit on a Lancaster which began to swing gently to the left. Its rear gunner opened fire but his tracer went wide of the fighter, which returned the fire. Suddenly the rear gunner rotated his turret and fell out backwards; for two or three seconds he rolled over and over in the sky, then he pulled his ripcord and a white parachute blossomed. A burst of flame came from one of the Lancaster's engines, its nose went down, and it spiralled away out of control."
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/roth-robert-tait.html
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=PB112
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
The Eighth Passenger by Miles Tripp (ISBN 0860720233)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2013 10:55 | JINX | Added |
| 09-Nov-2018 20:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 29-Dec-2020 08:42 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Sep-2021 10:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Sep-2021 10:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Damage] |
| 17-Aug-2023 12:21 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Location, Damage]] |
| 12-Dec-2023 08:02 | Rob Davis | Updated [Total fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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