ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159406
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 January 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 153 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB636 |
| MSN: | P4-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton |
| RAF Scampton |
Mission to Duisburg. Took off from RAF Scampton at 1645 hrs. Lost without trace. All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. At 39, Sgt James whose second Christian name was Strettle, was well over the age for airmen employed on operational duties with Bomber Command.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Alan Edgar Jones DFC RAF 47423 [Killed] (NCO:567607 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 09 June, 1942)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Sydney Strettle James RAFVR 1869987 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Jack James Lewis McDonell RAAF Aus/428340 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Charles Leslie Cullen RAFVR 1439614 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Warrant Officer John Edwin Bateup RAAF Aus/424283 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Reuben Victor Trafford RAFVR 638898 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Albert Simpson RAFVR 1238641 [Killed]
All the crew are remembered on thr Runnymede Memorial, GPS 51.437693 / -0.564745
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Follow link re PB636. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/jones-alan-edgar.html
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 54.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Aug-2013 16:05 | JINX | Added |
| 21-May-2016 16:15 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 21:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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