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| Date: | Monday 3 January 1944 |
| Time: | 02:58 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DV269 |
| MSN: | SR-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Michendorf, Brandenburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire |
Operation - Berlin.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Albert Walter of the 1./NJG 6, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Mainz-Finthen airfield in Rheinland-Pfalz.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Alan Lansdale Lazenby DFC RAFVR 121466 (NCO:1115911 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 09 June, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Charles Lindsay RAF 1566826 [PoW]
Navigator : Flying Officer Weston Craig RAF 136365 (NCO:1438248 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 23 February, 1943) [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer James McClure RCAF J/22190 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Albert Avery Walton RAF 1496639 [PoW]
Special Equipment Operator : Sergeant Charles Derek Brown RAFVR 1581033 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Gerald Alfred Beckett RCAF R/139887 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Donald Henry Stephens RAFVR 1586493 [Killed]
All four casualties 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=DV269
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Dec-2019 11:02 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 10-Sep-2025 06:49 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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