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| Date: | Friday 21 January 1944 |
| Time: | 22:28 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB299 |
| MSN: | OF-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Schmölau, Dähre, Sachsen-Anhalt -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire |
Operation - Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Major Helmut Lent of the Stab/NJG 3, who was flying Bf 110 G-4 D5+CA from Stade airfield in Niedersachsen.
Crew:-
Pilot : F/L Frank James Roberts DFC RAFVR 149622 (NCO:917850) [Killed] (NCO:917850 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 14 September, 1943)
F/E : Sgt Edward James Devine RAFVR 1891641 [Killed]
Nav : F/S Ronald Dudley DFM RAFVR 1388344 [Killed]
B/A : F/S George Young DFM RAFVR 1479621 [Killed]
W/Op/AG : F/S Francis Martin RAFVR 1342599 [Killed]
M/U : F/S Peter Andrew Marsh RAAF Aus/417311 [Killed]
R/G : W/O2 William Alfred Parsley RCAF R/135211 [Killed]
All buried in the Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany, GPS 52.507028 / 13.222336
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB299
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Dec-2019 20:33 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 09-Dec-2019 20:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 09-Dec-2019 20:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 22-Dec-2019 09:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 20-Jan-2025 18:29 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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