ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159340
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| Date: | Saturday 6 January 1945 |
| Time: | 18:50 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB526 |
| MSN: | MG-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 12 km SSW from Bad Zwischenahn -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Oakington |
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
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 September 1943 | JA929 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | Berlin-Reinickendorf | |
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| 18 November 1943 | JA970 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | Hommelwerke, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg | |
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| 22 November 1943 | EE119 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | Hessendorf near Rinteln, Niedersachsen | |
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| 23 November 1943 | JB480 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | Unknown (Berlin raid) | |
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| 23 April 1944 | ND353 | 7 Sqn RAF | 3 | target area - Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 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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