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| Date: | Wednesday 3 November 1943 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB536 |
| MSN: | PH-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | west of Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby |
Probably shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Hermann Leube of the 2./NJG 3, flying a Ju 88 C-6 from Wittmundhafen airfield. The Lancaster crashed into the Rhine west of Dusseldorf from where bodies were still being recovered as late as Feb 44.
Takeoff time: 17:17
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Laurence George (Larry) Crane RAF 48908 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John McIntosh Anderson RAFVR 1553367 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer John Frederick Lawrence Hagan RAFVR 135666 (NCO:1253145 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 23 February, 1943) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Ronald Lewis Brunton RAFVR 1444326 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Arthur Evans RAFVR 1311553 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Frank Alfred Erwood RAFVR 1814421 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant James Alderson Cullen RAFVR 1813997 [Killed]
All lie at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany (51.740880 / 6.082017) except Sergeant Anderson, who is remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB536
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Nov-2018 20:22 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 02-Nov-2018 19:49 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 02-Aug-2024 08:18 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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