ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159212
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| Date: | Sunday 15 October 1944 |
| Time: | 03:43 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB357 |
| MSN: | MG-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Duisburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
| Duisburg |
Took off from RAF Oakington at 23:30
Claim by Lt Arnold Doring 7/NJG2 - Over Duisburg (LN-KN): 5,500m at 03:43.
The crew were initially buried in Duisburg Forest Cemetery. Reinterred 13 June 1947.
Crew
Pilot: 175311 Fg Off Christopher Nigel Charles Crawford - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 25 Row B Grave 8 (NCO:1395602 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 06 June, 1944)
Flight Engineer: 1801136 Sgt Arthur Henry Frost - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 25 Row B Collective Grave 2-6
Navigator: J/89099 Plt Off Eric Thomas Rivers RCAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 25 Row B
Collective Grave 2-6
Bomb Aimer: 185875 Flt Sgt Thomas Donald Lawson Mason - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 25 Row B Collective Grave 2-6 (NCO:1032905 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 21 November, 1944)
Wireless Operator: 1098626 Flt Sgt Thomas Edward Feaver - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 25 Row B Collective Grave 2-6
Air Gunner: 1677689 Flt Sgt Norman Heslop - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 25 Row B Collective Grave 2-6
Air Gunner: 1593422 Flt Sgt Ralph Phillips - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 25 Row B Collective Grave 2-6
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 4 - Theo Boiten
CWGC
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 February 1944 | ND470 | 7 Sqn RAF | 6 | Tollwitz, Sachsen-Anhalt | |
w/o |
| 29 July 1944 | PB212 | 7 Sqn RAF | 1 | RAF Bungay, Suffolk |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Aug-2013 16:59 | JINX | Added |
| 16-Feb-2016 20:25 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 14:47 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 04-Feb-2022 17:59 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2023 06:54 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative]] |
| 16-Oct-2023 18:05 | Anon. | Updated [[[Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative]]] |
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