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| Date: | Monday 3 January 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB453 |
| MSN: | OL-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Blankenburg, Sachsen-Anhalt -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 00:05 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
Possibly, the aircraft was damaged by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Berthold Ney of the Stab III./NJG 2 (based at Gilze-Rijen airfield in the Netherlands), who was flying a Ju 88 C-6.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Ernest Blair Stiles RCAF J/18139 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant Patrick Traynor RAF 614985 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Denis Charles James McKendry RAFVR 155542 (NCO:904965 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 28 September, 1943) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer William Horace Dyke RAFVR 132869 (NCO:1388256 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 02 February, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Joseph Banks RAFVR 1091782 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John McIntyre Dunlop RAFVR 1559306 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Ian Godfrey Allan RAFVR 151061 (NCO:1387946 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 25 May, 1943) [Killed]
All lie at the Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany (52.507028 / 13.222336)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB453
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Nov-2019 10:30 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 17-May-2025 06:48 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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