Date:	Saturday 17 March 1945
Time:	overnight
Type:	Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:	626 Sqn RAF
Registration:	PD393
MSN:	UM-A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Burgoberbach, 7 km SSE from Ansbach, Bavaria -   Germany
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Avro Lancaster B. Mk. I PD393/UM-A, 626 Squadron RAF: Missing on mission to Nurnberg. Took off at 17:18 on 16 March 1945 from RAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire. Crashed at Burgoberbach 7 km SSE from Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany. All four crew on board killed

Crew of Lancaster PD393
Flight Sergeant Desmond Richard EGAN (1317671) Air Gunner
Sergeant Roland OWEN (1880977) Flight Engineer
Flying Officer George Clarence WARREN (162041) Navigator
Flight Sergeant James William WILLIAMS (1141627)

Burgoberbach is a municipality in the district of Ansbach in Bavaria in Germany. In the graveyard of the Catholic church of St. Leonhard lies the grave of Flying Officer George Warren, administered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The other three crew lost are Commemorated at the Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany

1. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
2. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
3. https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/1415
4. 626 Squadron RAF Operational Record Book (Record of Events for 1-31 March 1945): National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2145/34 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/D8417466
5. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2080340/desmond-richard-egan/
6. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2102737/roland-owen/
7. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/4012554/george-clarence-warren/
8. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2103545/james-william-williams/
9. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20910156/george-clarence-warren
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Wickenby#Residential_units
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._626_Squadron_RAF
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgoberbach

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
29-Aug-2013 20:16	JINX	Added
09-Nov-2018 16:59	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator, ]
15-Jan-2025 18:15	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ]