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| Date: | Friday 26 May 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 5 LFS RAF |
| Registration: | L7578 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gonalston, Nottinghamshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire |
Dived into ground during a night navigation exercise, crashing at Glebe Farm, Gonalston, 9 miles north-east of Nottingham. There is significant ground discolouration at GPS 53.018664 / -0.989301 which may be the crash location. However Glebe Farm is found at GPS 53.022135 / -0.983228.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer George Benjamin Sanderson RCAF J/86545 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant James Graham Middlemas RAFVR 1822037 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Albert Dennis Clark RAFVR 1473146 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Archibald Thomas Noble RCAF J/87968 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Bernard Broe RAFVR 1450090 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Dennis Wright RCAF R/203453 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Dereck Nicholls RAFVR 1852333 [Killed]
All lie at the Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery, United Kingdom (53.065702 / -0.799216)
Sources:
Air Britain RAF Aircraft L1000 - N99999
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/sanderson-george.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jun-2008 20:24 | JINX | Added |
| 02-Aug-2017 14:27 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Nov-2018 19:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator, ] |
| 20-May-2024 06:27 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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