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| Date: | Friday 21 January 1944 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB365 |
| MSN: | OL-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pretzien, Schönebeck, Sachsen-Anhalt -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 19:57 hrs for an operation to Magdeburg in Sachsen-Anhalt.
Whilst approaching Magdeburg at 23:15 hrs, the aircraft was intercepted and set on fire by Feldwebel Andreas Hartl of the 6./JG 302 (based at Ludwigslust airfield in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, who was flying an Fw 190A.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Wallace Kenneth Hutton RAAF Aus/408296 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant James Owen Lightfoot RAF 1654342 [PoW]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Geoffrey Malcolm Drysdale Breaden RAAF Aus/408323 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Alan Fithie McInnes RAAF Aus/410702 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Flying Officer James Wesley Houston DFM RAF 548577 (NCO:548577 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 06 April, 1943) [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flying Officer Ronald Edward Walker RAAF Aus/408430 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Ronald Herbert Easton RAFVR 1456823 [Killed]
The 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=JB365
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Dec-2019 21:16 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 31-Oct-2024 16:03 | Rob Davis | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
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