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| Date: | Monday 3 January 1944 |
| Time: | 02:20 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB553 |
| MSN: | GT-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Reinickendorfer Straße street, Berlin-Wedding -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire |
Takeoff at 00:08 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft fell foul of Flak of the 1. Flak Division.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer James Borland DFC RAFVR 157303 (NCO:1342108 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 26 October, 1943) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Alexander Neill McGlashan RAFVR 110887 (NCO:1124495 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 23 December, 1941) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Simpson Scott RAFVR 1553200 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Vincent Robert Purmal RCAF J/19506 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Dennis Cyril George Snelling RAFVR 1389270 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Duncan Benjamin Grant MacKenzie RAFVR 991795 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Alan Abraham Waller RAFVR 1392292 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Warrant Officer Class I Leslie James Adair RCAF R/133591 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB553
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Dec-2019 09:38 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Dec-2019 09:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 03-Dec-2019 10:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, ] |
| 24-Dec-2024 09:21 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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