Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III PB358, Tuesday 15 August 1944
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Date:Tuesday 15 August 1944
Time:afternoon
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF
Registration: PB358
MSN: OF-J
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea, off Dutch coast -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Hit by Flak & ditched on return from an operation against Deelen airfield.
The seven crew members were picked up by the British Air Sea Rescue (ASR).

Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Brian Benjamin Lindsay RAAF Aus/420216
Flight Engineer : Sergeant J G Blair RAF
Navigator : Flight Sergeant J Rayner RAF
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant V Cummings RAF
Wireless Operator : Pilot Officer William Arthur Reffin RAF 172936 (NCO:1311166 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 18 April, 1944)
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Anthony Rainsford RAFVR 710264
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant W Leibermann RAF

Sources:

Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
My father was the navigator on this Lancaster. He and his crew of seven survived (JINX, Nigel? Identify yourself!)
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=PB358
'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
26-Aug-2013 16:59 JINX Added
30-Aug-2018 19:53 Nigel Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ]
01-Nov-2018 14:58 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ]
26-Jul-2019 16:58 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, ]
22-Dec-2019 09:33 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
24-Jun-2022 09:18 Ron Averes Updated [Location, ]
05-Sep-2025 06:52 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative, ]

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