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| Date: | Saturday 17 April 1943 |
| Time: | 02:10 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5622 |
| MSN: | OL-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 100 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dobřany, Plzeň region, Sudet county -
 Czechia
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Lankester L5622: Took off at 21:29 hrs for Plzeň and Pilsen Armory Škoda /Hermann Göring Werke. 16/04/1943
Hit by one light and two heavy Flak units over Pilsen. Crashed at Dobrany in Sudet county after a failed raid on an arms factory. They accidentally destroyed the institution for the mentally ill and the city of Dobřany.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Frank Cyril Milton DFM RAF 51800 (NCO:656647 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 01 June, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant Roy Beaven DFM RAF 626944 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Norman Milton McLellan RCAF J/8807 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Lieutenant Walter Basil Wells RAFVR 123044 (NCO:1380661 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 30 June, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Alex Podolsky RCAF R/86547 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Jack Rodgers RAFVR 1381145 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Maurice Kleinhorn RAFVR 965184 [Killed]
Sources:
1.ORB 83 Sqdn RAF
2.CWGC
3.Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/23992-R56221943-04-17.html
https://books.google.nl/books?id=fFvGBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT156&lpg=PT156&dq=lancaster+ED379&source=bl&ots=-nyP6VB2xd&sig=KruVsI3CzjPve-45dugB_3EtTwI&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjg7qWa58PaAhVObFAKHaaTCJsQ6AEINzAC#v=onepage&q=R5622&f=false
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Apr-2018 12:34 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 17-Jul-2023 12:10 | Rob Davis | Updated |
| 13-Mar-2024 13:35 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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