ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159501
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 March 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 463 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | PB845 |
| MSN: | JO-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Trachenau -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington |
| Bohlen |
Mission to Bohlen. Took off from RAF Waddington at 2349 to bomb a synthetic-oil plant. All are buried in Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery. At 21, Sgt Bunn may have been the oldest member of the crew; five were aged 20, including the pilot and Flt Sgt Gordon who may have been a qualified pilot. Only Flt Sgt Green's age has been omitted from the cemetery register. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/bennett-richard-stewart.html.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Richard Stewart Bennett RAAF Aus/436327 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flight Sergeant Ronald Gordon RAFVR 1605275 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Geoffrey George Green RAFVR 1623913 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Leslie Bertie Neaves RAFVR 1804382 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Stanley Hubert Walker RAFVR 2209766 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Geoffrey Owen Little RAFVR 1603630 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Anthony Hylton Bunn RAFVR 1584121 [Killed]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second world War 1945 Page 141.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 November 1944 | PD338 | 463 Sqn RAAF | 2 | 1 km west of Dormagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2013 02:38 | JINX | Added |
| 06-Jun-2015 16:39 | Angel dick one | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 01-Jun-2016 17:37 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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