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| Date: | Tuesday 13 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster B Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | PB183 |
| MSN: | LQ-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Inner Altstat Dresden -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gransden Lodge |
| RAF Gransden Lodge |
Missing on mission to Dresden. One Survivor, Captain FL Merle Omer Frederick.
Mission : Dresden. Took off from RAF Gransden Lodge at 2214 hrs to take part in Operation Thunderclap. Of those who perished, four are buried in Durnbach War Cemetery and three are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Fg Off Connolly RCAF was flying as a second air bomber.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Merle O Frederick RCAF [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Flying Officer Joseph Anthony Kaucharik RCAF C/85909 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Lieutenant John Kingsley Knights RCAF J/16251 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Donald Brant Olson RCAF J/43026 : Commission Gazetted Friday 20 September, 1940) [Killed]
2nd Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Earl Wellington Connolly RCAF J/18850 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Lieutenant John Armitt RCAF J/17036 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flying Officer Raymond Alfred French RCAF J/19042 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Fred Merrill Gordon RCAF J/86055 [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/PB183%201945-02-14.html
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 75.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2013 17:20 | JINX | Added |
| 28-Nov-2014 16:05 | Anon. | Updated [Date, Narrative, ] |
| 24-May-2015 20:37 | Zeeland | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 26-May-2016 06:15 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Feb-2024 15:35 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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