Accident Avro Lancaster Mk I PD258, Wednesday 30 August 1944
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Date:Wednesday 30 August 1944
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:463 Sqn RAAF
Registration: PD258
MSN: JO-S
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:Missing -
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Took off from RAF Waddington at 20:26 hrs for an operation against Königsberg.
Lost without trace.

Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Thomas George John Parker MiD RAFVR 116394 (NCO:1384266 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 16 June, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Robert Edward Swain Packham RAFVR 1894637 [Killed]
Navigator : Warrant Officer Noel Charles Barrett RAAF Aus/409364 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Thomas Henry Francis Dodd RAAF Aus/424861 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Ralf Parker RAAF Aus/424451 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Thomas George Jamieson RAAF Aus/429575 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Neville Alfred Taylor RAAF Aus/425985 [Killed]

All are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745).

Sources:

Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 402.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=PD258&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
29-Aug-2013 15:23 JINX Added
06-Jun-2015 16:27 Angel dot comma Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ]
05-Jul-2016 12:21 Red Dragon Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
11-Nov-2018 12:55 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ]
18-Jun-2021 17:10 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
03-May-2025 08:03 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative, ]

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