Date:	Friday 23 March 1945
Time:
Type:	Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:	550 Sqn RAF
Registration:	PD320
MSN:	BQ-H
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Between Bochum and Dortmund -   Germany
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF North Killingholme
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mission to Dortmund. Took off from RAF North Killingholme at 1300 to participate in an attack on an oil refinery and storage plant situated midway between BOCHUM and DORTMUND. Missing - no news after take-off. All are buried in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.

Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant John Benjamin Barnes RCAF J/41180 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John William Geran RAF 533767 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant John Stobbs RAFVR 1523168 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Douglas Finne Reid RAFVR 1566894 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant John Gilbert Day RAFVR 1684012 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer Wesley Ernest McDonald RCAF J/95387 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Egan Lindsay RCAF J/95386 [Killed]

All lie at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany (51.740880 / 6.082017)

Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
/documents/public/Lancasters-Crews/FOJBBarnes/index.php
http://www.backtonormandy.org/maps/maps-1945/march-45/225-overview-day-by-day-1945-03/3370-23-03-45.html.
550 Sqn Association
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
29-Aug-2013 17:25	JINX	Added
01-Jun-2016 19:04	Red Dragon	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
29-Jun-2018 06:53	ehren69	Updated [Location, Destination airport, ]
18-Oct-2018 17:30	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Source, Operator, ]
26-May-2025 06:28	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]