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| Date: | Wednesday 30 August 1944 |
| Time: | 02:12 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PD273 |
| MSN: | PH-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wofelsgrund, Stettin, Pommern (now Międzyodrze, Szczecin, PL) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby |
| Stettin |
Took off RAF Wickenby at 20:48 hrs for an operation against Stettin.
Claim by Lt Kurt Welter 10/JG300 - 25km NW-SW of Stettin (BJ-CJ): 4,800m at 02:12.
Also claimed by 2,3, 5 & 6/schw Flak Abt 616 and V/1/lei Flak Abt 850 (“Lancaster Im Elsbruch 3km South of Stettin 02:12”) Victory for Lt Welter confirmed on 27 December 1944.
Crew
Pilot: 1152591 Fg Off Joseph Harold Spurrs - PoW/Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang/PoW Number?
Flight Engineer: 1892568 Sgt Arthur Madelaine - PoW/Stalag Luft VII Bankau near Kreuzburg Upper Silesia/PoW Number 790.
Navigator: 148862 Fg Off John Cordner - PoW/Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang/PoW Number 5456.
Bomb Aimer: 153270 Plt Off Kenneth James Chambers - PoW/Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang/PoW Number 5454.
Wireless Operator: A/30590 Fg Off Peter Langford Albert Richardson RAAF - PoW/Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang/ PoW Number 5477.
Mid Upper Gunner: 1852960 Sgt Thomas Brian Dufty - Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery Plot 6 Row D Joint Grave 9.
Rear Gunner: 1798176 Sgt Thomas Dick - Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery Plot 6 Row D Joint Grave 9.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
Google Maps
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal AirForce Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 403.
http://carrickfergusrollofhonour.blogspot.nl/2013/08/sergeant-thomas-dick-royal-airforce.html
CWGC
RAF Commands
Ancestry
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2013 15:32 | JINX | Added |
| 04-Jul-2016 16:37 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Oct-2018 19:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 18-Jun-2021 17:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Jun-2022 10:21 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Country, ] |
| 30-Jun-2022 10:23 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 28-Jun-2023 19:40 | Anon. | Updated |
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