ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159555
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| Date: | Wednesday 14 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 576 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PD232 |
| MSN: | UL-O2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wilsdruffer Strasse Inner Altstadt Dresden -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fiskerton |
| RAF Fiskerton |
Mission to Dresden. Took off from RAF Fiskerton at 2125 hrs to part in Operation Thunderclap. All are buried in Durnbach War Cemetery. The two air gunners were aged nineteen.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Roland Robert John Young RAFVR 185679 (NCO:1339416 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 21 November, 1944) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Kenneth George Greathead RAFVR 1898335 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant George Reginald James RAFVR 1399544 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Harold Norman Cheeseman RAFVR 162260 (NCO:1620839 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 April, 1944) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Douglas Patrick Bannister RAFVR 1866838 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Harold Edward Ward RAFVR 1596140 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Ernest William Webb RAFVR 1816523 [Killed]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
http://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/PD2321945-02-14.html
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 76.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 March 1945 | PA265 | 576 Sqn RAF | 6 | Gostenhof (Nürnberg) (Bayern) | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2013 15:13 | JINX | Added |
| 26-May-2016 06:14 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 18:49 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 06-Sep-2022 18:16 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2024 07:47 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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