Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III PB526, Saturday 6 January 1945
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Date:Saturday 6 January 1945
Time:18:50
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:7 Sqn RAF
Registration: PB526
MSN: MG-N
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:12 km SSW from Bad Zwischenahn -   Germany
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:RAF Oakington
Narrative:
Mission to Hannover. Took off from RAF Oakington at 1628 hrs. Shot down by a night - fighter and crashed 1850 hrs, roughly 12 km SSW of Bad Zwischenahn, where all were buried in the local Friedhof on 9 January. The remains have now been reburied in the Sage War Cemetery.
Crew:-
Pilot : F/O Louis Thomas Friedrich RNZAF NZ/428060 [Killed]
F/E : Sgt Henry Corry Johnston RAFVR 3225021 [Killed]
Nav : Sgt Alfred Henry Grant RAFVR 1653781 [Killed]
B/A : F/S Robert Guthrie Moore RNZAF NZ/42840 [Killed]
W/Op/AG : W/O Bryce Desmond Jenkins RNZAF NZ/425476 [Killed]
M/U : Sgt Norman Reeve Howell RAFVR 3001158 [Killed]
R/G : Sgt Colin Frank Bates RAFVR 1819553 [Killed]

Sources:

Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 31
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database


Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Aug-2013 19:34 JINX Added
18-May-2016 12:18 Red Dragon Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
10-Nov-2018 21:35 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ]

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