Accident Avro Lancaster Mk I PD239, Saturday 7 October 1944
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Date:Saturday 7 October 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:166 Sqn RAF
Registration: PD239
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Near Grieth -   Germany
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Missing on mission to Emmerich., bodies were initially interred at Grieth Catholic Cemetery. Grieth is SSE of Emmerich

Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Underhill Fulford RAFVR 115221 [Killed] (NCO:1315481 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 24 February, 1942)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant David Maurice Hughes RAF 570033 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant John Walton Barnden RAFVR 1800728 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant William Frederick Whiteho Jones RAFVR 1602237 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Raymond Edmund Thomas Burns RAFVR 1606652 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant William Skea RAFVR 1825534 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant John Peter Van Der Linde RAFVR 1869498 [Killed]

Sources:

Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Information about initial grave came from Commonwealth Wargraves commission
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
29-Aug-2013 15:20 JINX Added
12-Jun-2015 07:18 Anon. Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ]
02-Nov-2018 18:42 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
07-Oct-2023 10:20 Rob Davis Updated

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