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| Date: | Wednesday 22 March 1944 |
| Time: | 22:40 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM422 |
| MSN: | WS-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Morscheid, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bardney, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 19:13 hrs for an operation to Frankfurt am Main in Hessen.
The aircraft was damaged by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Dietrich Schmidt of the 8./NJG 1 (who was flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+ES from Laon-Athies airfield in France) and finished off by the night fighter crew of Uffz. Koch, Uffz. Wurschitz & Ogefr. Karg of the 6./NJG 1, who had taken off from Saint-Dizier airfield in France at 20:54 hrs, in Bf 110 G-4 G9+BP.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Angus James Jubb RAAF Aus/410241 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Sidney Lascelles Fereday RAFVR 1234319 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant John Noel Carter RAF 576282 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Richard Charles Collins RCAF J/22842 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Allan Clyde Johns RAAF Aus/417198 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Frank Bolton RAFVR 2208887 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Richard Whalley RAFVR 973270 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LM422
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Mar-2020 09:35 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 22-Mar-2024 07:43 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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