ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159489
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| Date: | Thursday 22 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 463 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | PB804 |
| MSN: | JO-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Unknown -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington |
| Gravenhorst |
Missing on mission to Gravenhorst. Took off from RAF Waddington at 1708 hrs to attack the Mittelland Kanal at Gravenhorst. Those who died lie in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Fg Off Costello had served with 49 Squadron and details of his award had appeared in the London Gazette on 15 October 1943. The last three named were all flying as air gunners.
Crew:-
Pilot : Wing Commander William Alexander Forbes DSO DFC RAAF Aus/414219 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flying Officer William McLeod RAFVR 182488 (NCO:1370963 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 19 September, 1944) [Killed]
Air Gunner : Flight Lieutenant J A Loftus RAF [PoW]
Air Gunner : Warrant Officer Arthur Jack Norman RAFVR 1380254 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Kenneth Lendrum Worden RAF 182696 (NCO:1286513 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 03 October, 1944) [PoW]
Crew : Flying Officer John Aston Costello DFC DFM RAF 156558 (NCO:1382972 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 12 October, 1943) [PoW]
Crew : Flight Lieutenant John Henry Dean RAF 52914 (NCO:649579 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 05 October, 1943) [PoW]
Crew : Flight Lieutenant William Jeffrey Owen Grime DFC RAFVR 149573 (NCO:1585242 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 September, 1943) [PoW]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
https://www.findagrave.com/page=gr&GSln=Forbes&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1945&GSdyrel=in&GScntry=8&GSob=n&GRid=56034305&df=all&
https://www.findagrave.com/page=gr&GSln=norman&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1945&GSdyrel=in&GScntry=8&GSob=n&GRid=56037054&df=all&
https://www.findagrave.com/page=gr&GSln=McLeod&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1945&GSdyrel=in&GScntry=8&GSob=n&GRid=56036566&df=all&
Royal Air force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 90.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2013 02:17 | JINX | Added |
| 06-Jun-2015 16:40 | Angel dick one | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 28-May-2016 16:37 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jun-2022 23:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 21-Feb-2024 07:58 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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