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| Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
| Time: | 03:30 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DV220 |
| MSN: | AS-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 3 km southeast of Krahne, Kloster Lehnin, Brandenburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:21 hrs for an operation against aircraft assembly factories at Leipzig in Sachsen.
Outward-bound, 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 Stendal airfield in Sachsen-Anhalt.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Francis Frederick George Allan RCAF J/19942 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Thomas Henry Lee RAF 1157645 [PoW]
Navigator : Pilot Officer James Joseph Yelland RCAF J/85960 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Frederick James Hughes RCAF R/165160 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant William Arthur Dykes RAFVR 1575431 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Joseph Thomas Manuel DFM RAF 279417 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Alan Rose RAF 1818912 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/allan-frances-frederick-george.html
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2019 10:51 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 28-May-2024 07:13 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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