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| Date: | Saturday 31 July 1943 |
| Time: | 01:30 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5665 |
| MSN: | ZN-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Viersener Straße, Mönchengladbach, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Syerston |
Coned by searchlights over the target, damaged by Flak, hit by a night fighter (probably Unteroffizier Ernst Müller of the 5./JG Herrmann, flying a Bf 109 G-6 or an Fw 190A), abandoned.
Takeoff time: 22:00
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Kenneth Maxime Reid RCAF J/18163 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant James Frederick George Benson RAF 625905 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant John Scott RAF 1551978 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer James Delbert Golds RCAF J/22536 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Victor Askey RAF 1216172 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Cecil Miles Pearce RAF 1391446 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Jack Kirkham RAF 1029424 [PoW]
All are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/reid-kenneth.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jul-2018 20:56 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Oct-2018 21:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 17-Apr-2025 06:46 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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