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| Date: | Monday 6 November 1944 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 550 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB562 |
| MSN: | BQ-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Killingholme, Lincolnshire |
Took off at 11:13 hrs for an operation against Gelsenkirchen; failed to return.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Leonard John Thomas McCarthy RAFVR 177120 (NCO:1386704 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 18 July, 1944) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant James Douglas Shilcock RAFVR 1896561 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Thomas William Farmer RAFVR 1624880 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Francis Leman Jesse Colbourn RAFVR 1437045 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Stuart John Lovett RAFVR 1604339 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Leslie Kendrew RAFVR 1593933 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Falconer Milne Kennedy DFM RAFVR 54250 (NCO:592043 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 March, 1944) [Killed]
Sergeant Kendrew lies at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany (51.740880 / 6.082017); the other casualties are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=PB562&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Aug-2013 01:04 | JINX | Added |
| 18-Oct-2018 17:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Damage, Operator, ] |
| 07-Sep-2021 12:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Aug-2024 19:28 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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