Incident Avro Lancaster Mk III PB609,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159376
 
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Date:Thursday 16 November 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:156 Sqn RAF
Registration: PB609
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire
Destination airport:RAF Upwood
Narrative:
Undershot landing in bad visibility & DBR on return from mission to Duren.

Crew:-
Pilot : W/C Donald Buchan Falconer DFC AFC RAF 87052 (NCO:903392 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 19 November, 1940)
F/E : P/O Raymond Victor Dickeson RAF 178932 (NCO:1385577 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 29 August, 1944)
Nav : F/L H C Cavenagh RAAF Aus/410451
B/A : F/S Alfred James Walker DFM RAFVR 1616266
W/Op : S/L Leslie Harry Gilbert DFC RAF 141412 (NCO:742805 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 13 April, 1943)
M/U : W/O J D Sanders RAF
R/G : F/S Eric Cecil Bangs RAFVR 1399979

Sources:

Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Aug-2013 05:21 JINX Added
03-Nov-2018 09:48 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
31-Oct-2022 08:49 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]
16-Jul-2023 21:48 Nepa Updated [[Source, Narrative]]

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