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| Date: | Friday 16 March 1945 |
| Time: | 21:43 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | RF176 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Würzburg area -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Shot down during a bombing raid on Würzburg, Germany. All seven crew members perished in the crash.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Henryk Boleslaw Grynkiewicz RAF 49628 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 29 September, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Walter Milton Ratcliffe RAFVR 1591174 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant John Lewis Jones RAFVR 1653028 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Eric John Day RAFVR 1581324 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Eric William Gibbs RAFVR 1335091 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Gordon Edward Gwalter RAF 847206 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Edmund William Browne RAFVR 1256422 [Killed]
Sources:
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=71
http://aircrewremembered.com/grynkiewicz-henryk-boleslaw.html?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=28346c3b364d8f4ade3084ef981d41a07c81b06a-1610531943-0-AaVce9gDRQX6rEjO8E1dh5d-npt21c2R24WKn32uvm87LRLwTHTTViuQ4EiadkYRn-AJT6YM8zGK8fC-0kqOHN5Z9MQvytCj60fQnOdH6LXi5AWR3biGECuF7mjr5Uczlbv7y3okHHiWudOX66NKI3_47ZNROFPs5mr6Xj8YZgm1gvrsqaCob-7NL5vP8pcJdKUR-cGdSDTHn1p9agn1MEGqhPlDd2xEtUwfHAuQ4q6uFtkC_WyljpmOcNgUzrU9Kn6C47Od2Rr_PHZ5RLL9md5wmxoAq6w47lBJRe0_8hJFSh5m_3ARYU78y4H2BGwCQQJjy0VBwVuWoIG2SegLUWxwiuHC8uhLduDBrwCAXFDjzZ3uw322xcljfEMYI5xgtRTGDWmKQqCoog4aZjD7q_QBhOhHZcBGNjvQwZJ_ziSD
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jan-2021 10:07 | gerard57 | Added |
| 22-Feb-2021 14:39 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 16-Mar-2024 07:22 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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