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| Date: | Saturday 1 August 1942 |
| Time: | 02:47 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5604 |
| MSN: | ZN-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Widdersdorf/Lövenich at Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 00:55 hrs for an operation to Düsseldorf in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was hit by Flak of the 7. Flak-Division and crashed.
Crew:-
Pilot : Warrant Officer Peter Ernest Merralls DFC DFM RAF 742016 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Henry Elliott Gaskell RAAF Aus/407711 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Kenneth John Cooper RAFVR 1164825 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Arnold George Smith DFM RAF 651289 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Ernest Frank Holmes RAFVR 1310316 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Basil Lionel Ellis-Buxton RAFVR 1330124 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Leslie Thomas Grimshaw RAFVR 1379753 [Killed]
Sgt Smith and F/Sgt Grimshaw have no known grave and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745), the other casualties lie at the Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany (51.529254 / 6.564161)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R5604
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-May-2020 09:34 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 18-Nov-2024 18:35 | Rob Davis | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
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