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| Date: | Wednesday 22 September 1943 |
| Time: | 22:01 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB184 |
| MSN: | MG-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Burglesum, Bremen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 18:49 hrs (local time) for an operation against Hannover in Niedersachsen.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak and crashed at Geeste-Munde on the east bank of the Weser River, in the northern outskirts of Bremerhaven.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer William Elliott Stenhouse RAFVR 145346 (NCO:1551780 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 22 June, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Lawrence Newman RAFVR 1109887 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Lieutenant Leslie Richard Farrow RCAF J/3737 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Geoffrey Newton Breedon RAF 1451990 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Robert Norris RAFVR 1083372 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Robert Hutton RAF 632579 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer James Horatio Gillmore RAFVR 52912 (NCO:645698 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 28 September, 1943) [Killed]
All six casualties lie at the Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany (52.890363 / 9.916912)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB184&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jun-2021 15:15 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 24-Jun-2021 17:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, ] |
| 16-Aug-2024 06:27 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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