ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159134
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| Date: | Sunday 23 July 1944 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 630 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB211 |
| MSN: | LE-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, 36 miles NE of Cromer, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Took off from East kirby at 22:44 to lay mines in Kiel Bay. Outbound, ditched roughly 36 miles NE of Cromer on the Norflok Coast. Those who perished are commmemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.The two survivors spent seven hours in the water before being picked up by a coastal minesweeper HMS Coursor.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Ronald Thomas Hayes RAFVR 175961 [Killed] (NCO:1324704 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 20 June, 1944)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant William Wallace RAFVR 1824662 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant W Goodhew RCAF
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant James Francis Joseph Murray RAFVR 1560136 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant John Alfred Helliwell RAFVR 1549598 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer Walter Stead RAFVR 183425 [Killed] (NCO:1595079 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 10 October, 1944)
Rear Gunner : Sergeant B N Garves RAF
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 347.
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=PB211
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2013 21:14 | JINX | Added |
| 25-Aug-2013 21:17 | JINX | Updated [Damage] |
| 26-Jun-2016 14:15 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 05:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 07-Jun-2021 17:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Source] |
| 29-May-2023 10:26 | Nepa | Updated [[Date, Time, Source]] |
| 23-Jul-2023 07:09 | Rob Davis | Updated [[[Date, Time, Source]]] |
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