ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159133
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| Date: | Saturday 3 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 619 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB210 |
| MSN: | PG-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Karlsruhe -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Strubby |
| RAF Strubby |
Missing on mission to Karlsruhe.
took off from RAF Strubby at 2007 hrs. The six members of the crew who lost their lives are now resting near Bad Tolz in Durnbach War Cemetery.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Edwin James Frank Smith RAF 169594 [PoW] (NCO:656549 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 08 February, 1944)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Harry Bowden RAFVR 1588184 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Edward Albert Rex RAFVR 1805022 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Donald Cameron McNie RCAF J/92166 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flying Officer Edward James Mortis RAFVR 157903 [Killed] (NCO:1603135 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 01 February, 1944)
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Philip Turner RAFVR 1594283 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant John Richard Alexander Ramsay RAFVR 1869021 [Killed]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Follow Link:- http://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/PB210%201945-02-03.html
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second world War 1945 Page 65.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 June 1944 | ED859 | 619 Sqn RAF | 7 | Hetzerath, Erkelenz, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2013 21:11 | JINX | Added |
| 09-Jan-2016 10:05 | JIXN | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 24-May-2016 04:15 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 18:20 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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