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| Date: | Friday 25 February 1944 |
| Time: | 01:38 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 622 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM442 |
| MSN: | GI-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | a hill in a wooded area 2 km north-northwest of Gräfendorf, Bayern -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 20:40 hrs for an operation to Schweinfurt in Bayern.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Alfred Rauer of the 3./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+LL from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
Four crew members managed to escape and survived, they were taken prisoner of war.
The bomber crashed and exploded.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Peter Hartley Doig RCAF J/18898 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Alan Eric Odle RAF 64302 (NCO:1357012 : Commission Gazetted Friday 16 May, 1941) [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Robert James Kerslake RAF 1850129 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant Roy Sidney Custance Taylor RAFVR 1431888 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Reginald Henry Murray Pratt RCAF R/147374 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Arthur Charles Bromwich RAF 1435470 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Frederick Kenneth Dench RAFVR 1890830 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Charles Henry McFadden RAF 627945 [Killed]
The four casualties lie at the Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany (47.778371 / 11.733537)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LM442
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2020 12:06 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Dec-2024 07:33 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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