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| Date: | Friday 29 December 1944 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 170 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PD206 |
| MSN: | TC-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Marl, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell |
Took off at 15:06 hrs for an operation against Gelsenkirchen/Buer.
The aircraft was hit by Flak over the target and crashed.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Henry Ross RAFVR 178539 (NCO:1565139 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 08 August, 1944) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant George Faulkner RAF 849211 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Jack Stevenson RAFVR 188909 (NCO:1681083 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 30 January, 1945) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Stanley Bernard Shaw RAFVR 1651549 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Kenneth Henry Barnett RAAF Aus/427611 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Lieutenant Francis Everard Hodgson RAFVR 81736 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 30 July, 1940) [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer John Oldham Hawdon RAFVR 67123 : Commission Gazetted Friday 20 June, 1941) [Killed]
All seven rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=PD206&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2013 12:00 | JINX | Added |
| 09-Nov-2018 20:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator, ] |
| 16-Sep-2021 10:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Jun-2024 07:00 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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