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| Date: | Tuesday 23 November 1943 |
| Time: | 22:00 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB537 |
| MSN: | PH-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vrees, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Hit by heavy Flak.
Target: Berlin
Takeoff time: 17:05
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Charles Edwin Jones RAFVR 130652 (NCO:1439613 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 02 March, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Brian Harold Farndell RAFVR 1399312 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Lieutenant Guy Soulsby RAFVR 124190 (NCO:1166471 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 July, 1942) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Thomas William Boynton RAFVR 1080704 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Sidney Knight RAFVR 1575506 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Walter Hazeldine RAFVR 974288 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Homer Ejner Petersen RCAF R/185706 [Killed]
All lie at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany (51.740880 / 6.082017) after initial local burials
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB537
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Nov-2018 08:45 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 23-Nov-2018 16:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 06-Nov-2024 07:16 | Rob Davis | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
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