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| Date: | Sunday 28 February 1943 |
| Time: | 21:30 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED467 |
| MSN: | EA-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sea near Île de Groix -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fiskerton |
| Gardening French Coastal Waters |
Took off from RAF Fiskerton at 18:25.
Hit by 1/schw Flak Abt 677 and several batteries of the V Marine Flak Brigade. Crashed in the sea near Lle de Groix at 21 :46.
Crew
Pilot: R/95497 WOII Frederick Colin Duncan RCAF - Escoublac la Baule War Cemetery Plot 2 Row F Grave 13.
Flight Engineer: 1415865 Sgt Reginald Brooks - Escoublac la Baule War Cemetery Plot 2 Row F Joint Grave 14-15.
Navigator: 126510 Plt Off Ronald George McCracken - Escoublac la Baule War Cemetery Plot 2 Row F Collective Grave 9-12.
Bomb Aimer: R/65419 WOII Alexander McKeen Dickie RCAF - Escoublac la Baule War Cemetery Plot 2 Row F Grave 22.
Wireless Operator: 1073023 Sgt Herbert Kay - Escoublac la Baule War Cemetery Plot 2 Row F Joint Grave 7-8.
Mid Upper Gunner: 1387037 Sgt David William Belsham - Escoublac la Baule War Cemetery Plot 2 Row F Joint Grave 16-17.
Rear Gunner: 1502127 Sgt James Andrew Kelly (Irish Republic) - Escoublac la Baule War Cemetery
Plot 2 Row G Grave 14.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One by Theo Boiten
http://www.49squadron.co.uk/personnel_index/detail/Duncan_FCR
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/25988-ED4671943-03-01.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Feb-2018 18:18 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Feb-2018 18:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, ] |
| 27-Feb-2018 19:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 30-Oct-2018 04:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 28-Feb-2024 07:41 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-May-2025 18:46 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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