Date:	Saturday 3 February 1945
Time:
Type:	Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:	460 Sqn RAAF
Registration:	PB807
MSN:	AR-H
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Rieddelbach -   Germany
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Binbrook
Destination airport:	RAF Binbrook

Narrative:
Missing on mission to Wiesbaden.
Took off from RAF Binbrook at 2042 hrs. Crashed at Riedelbach 17 km NW of Bad Homburg-vor-der-Hohe. Those who lost their lives rest in Durnbach War Cemetery. Although not unique, it was unusual to find a RCAF airman flying with an Australian Squadron.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer John Maguire RAAF Aus/419193 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Roy Barrett Newton RAFVR 906779 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Norman Wade Everett RAAF Aus/434454 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant R H Whiticar RAF [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Warrant Officer Donald Bernard May RAAF Aus/429820 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer David George Russell RCAF J/95488 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Wilfred George Potter RAFVR 2210442 [Killed]

Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 64.
Lancaster Losses 460 Squadron RAAF Australia@War
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

21 November 1944

PB469

460 Sqn RAAF

6

Eich, Pfungstadt, Hessen

w/o

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
29-Aug-2013 02:19	JINX	Added
04-Jun-2015 08:03	INV	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
24-May-2016 04:15	Red Dragon	Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
02-Feb-2024 08:00	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative]