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| Date: | Wednesday 18 August 1943 |
| Time: | 01:47 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JA900 |
| MSN: | QR- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Greifswald, Pommern -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Syerston |
Probably hit by Major Walter Ehle of the Stab II./NJG 1 or by Leutnant Dieter Musset of the 5./NJG 1, both flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield, Belgium.
Takeoff time: 21:29
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Richard John Robert Docker RAFVR 155782 (NCO:1257381 : Commission Gazetted Friday 07 May, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer Alfred Newton Vidler RAAF Aus/413049 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Richard Laughton RAFVR 1165343 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Leonard Lucas RAFVR 1536584 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Ernest George Francis RAFVR 656057 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Stanley William James RAFVR 1334586 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Peter William (Pepe) Mitchell RAFVR 1809346 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Robert Urquhart RCAF R/90824 [Killed]
4 of the crew lie at the Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany (52.507028 / 13.222336) and the other four are remembered at Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JA900
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Aug-2018 18:55 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Nov-2018 08:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 04-Jul-2022 05:32 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 19-Jul-2024 11:16 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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