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| Date: | Tuesday 24 August 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 426 (Thunderbird) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DS676 |
| MSN: | OW-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gusen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Linton-on-Ouse |
| Berlin |
Shot down by night-fighter, crashed near Gusen; buried in Germany.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Wilfred Lawrence Shaw RCAF J/13021 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flying Officer William Edward Hinchcliffe RCAF J/9188 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Alan Lucas RAFVR 1673273 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Edward George Farr RAFVR 149148 (NCO:1381775 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 07 September, 1943) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Abraham Joseph Gibson RCAF J/21735 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer John Williams RCAF J/18379 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer Denis Claude Desmond Du Boulay RCAF J/26607 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Leslie Gordon Emanuel Burnett RCAF J/18329 [Killed]
All lie at the Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany (52.507028 / 13.222336)
Sources:
https://426sqdn.ca/remembrances/honour_roll_ii.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Dec-2019 02:50 | tachel | Added |
| 22-Jul-2025 06:54 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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