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| Date: | Monday 22 March 1943 |
| Time: | 21:58 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED375 |
| MSN: | SR-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Saint-Nazaire -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor |
| St Nazaire |
Took off from RAF Holme on Spalding Moor at 18:45.
Hit by flak during an attack on the port area at St Nazaire and crashed in the target area.
Crew
Pilot: 1230404 Sgt George Raymond Lewis - Escoublac la Baule War Cemetery Plot 2 Row F Collective Grave 20-21.
Flight Engineer: 1066150 Sgt William Rishton - Escoublac la Baule War Cemetery Plot 2 Row F Collective Grave 20-21.
Navigator: 1078040 Sgt John Conroy - Escoublac la Baule War Cemetery Plot 2 Row F Collective Grave 20-21.
Bomb Aimer: 127290 Plt Off John Leslie Metcalfe - Escoublac la Baule War Cemetery Plot 2 Row F Collective Grave 20-21.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1383168 Sgt John Henry Sibley - Escoublac la Baule War Cemetery Plot 2 Row F Collective Grave 20-21.
Mid upper Gunner: 1314398 Sgt John Richard Jeffrey - Escoublac la Baule War Cemetery Plot 2 Row F Grave 19.
Rear Gunner: 1490509 Sgt Eric Davies - Escoublac la Baule War Cemetery Plot 2 Row F Grave 18.
Sources:
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/23330-ED3751943-03-23.html
http://www.156squadron.com/101display_missionhdr.asp?MissionId=342
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED375
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Mar-2018 10:58 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 09-Jun-2018 17:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Oct-2018 05:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 22-Mar-2024 07:42 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Sep-2025 17:29 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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