Date:	Friday 9 February 1945
Time:
Type:	Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:	61 Sqn RAF
Registration:	PB737
MSN:	QR-E
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Am Pk. and Krummbek Road off Lidenallee -   Germany
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Skellingthrope
Destination airport:	RAF Skellingthorpe

Narrative:
Missing on mission to Politz.
Took off from RAF Skellingthorpe at 1652 hrs in the first phase strike against a synthetic oil-plant in Politz. This was the crew's 15th mission; Flt Lt Bartlett died (as only one of the crew) holding the plane steady for his crew to escape; he bailed out, but his parachute failed to open in time.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Ronald William Bartlett RAFVR 67656 (NCO:1258798 : Commission Gazetted Friday 27 June, 1941) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Flying Officer Kenneth Middlemast RAF 173270 (NCO:1685291 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 25 April, 1944) [PoW]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant N T Nuttall RAF [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant A E Hector RAF [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Warrant Officer P Styles RAF [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant T C King RAF [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant B Courtney RAF [PoW]

Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
www.unithistories.com/officers/RAFVR_officers_B01.html
http://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/PB7371945-02-09.html
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 72.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
28-Aug-2013 20:15	JINX	Added
25-May-2016 20:42	Red Dragon	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
03-Nov-2018 09:09	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
08-Feb-2024 08:00	Rob Davis	Updated [Narrative, ]