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| Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
| Time: | 03:55 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB468 |
| MSN: | MG-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | abandoned near Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 23:59 hrs for an operation against aircraft assembly factories at Leipzig in Sachsen.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Heinz Reschke of the Stab I./NJG 6, who was flying Bf 110 G-4 2Z+KK from Stendal airfield in Sachsen-Anhalt.
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Kenneth Graham Davis RAF 40369 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Stanley Woolston RAF 1865644 [PoW]
Navigator : Flying Officer Richard Frank Batram Powell RAF 120937 (NCO:630822 : Commission Gazetted Thursday 19 March, 1942) [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Lieutenant Frank Stephenson RAF 47731 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Flying Officer Kenneth Marriott DFM RAFVR 130224 (NCO:927338 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 13 October, 1942) [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Warrant Officer Albert Grange DFM RAFVR 1127597 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Roy Child RAF 1396193 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB468
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2019 12:34 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 05-Jul-2024 17:07 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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