Date:	Tuesday 15 August 1944
Time:	afternoon
Type:	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

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

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
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, ]