ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 193788
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| Date: | Friday 26 November 1943 |
| Time: | 02:45 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB221 |
| MSN: | OF-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Brandau, Modautal, Hessen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin of the Stab II./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield, Belgium.
Target: Frankfurt am Main
Takeoff time: 00:30
All seven crew members died in the crash:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Carlos Manuel Brown Croix de Guerre RCAF J/20377 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer George Smith RAF 53583 [Killed] (NCO:567027 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 14 December, 1943)
Navigator : Pilot Officer Thomas Watson RAFVR 161042 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Harry Charles Aley RCAF J/21609 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Bernard Frederick Tutt RAFVR 1384140 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant David Henry William Little RAFVR 1398493 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Robert William Sinden RAAF Aus/421133 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB221
https://forum.keypublishing.com/archive/index.php/t-98646.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 January 1944 | JB299 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 7 | Schmölau, Dähre, Sachsen-Anhalt | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Feb-2017 16:07 | gerard57 | Added |
| 04-Feb-2018 17:32 | tachel | Updated [Cn] |
| 01-Nov-2018 15:47 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 23-Nov-2018 10:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2023 11:53 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]] |
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