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| Date: | Sunday 15 October 1944 |
| Time: | 01:40 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 626 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM596 |
| MSN: | UM-V2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wanheimerort, Duisburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby |
Take off from Wickenby at 22h27 on October 14th.
Hit by 2 & 3/schw Flak Abt 446 (Eisb), 2 & 3/schw Flak Abt 304 (o) and 1/schw Flak Abt 472 (o).
Crashed at crossing of Heerstrbe-Dusseldorfer Strabe in Duisburg-Wanheimerort at 01:38.
Fg Off Orr awarded DFC whilst with 100 Squadron. Gazetted 21 April 1944
Crew:-
Pilot: J/26122 Fg Off James Commodore Campbell RCAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 25 Row B Grave 9
2nd Pilot: J/29054 Fg Off Robert Albert Charland RCAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 25 Row C
Collective Grave 1-4
Flight Engineer: 658229 Sgt Sidney John Akhurst - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 25 Row C Collective Grave 1-4
Navigator: J/35921 Fg Off Ross Cuthbert Clouston RCAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 25 Row C Collective Grave 1-4
Bomb Aimer: J/92063 Plt Off William Frederick Palmer RCAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 25 Row C Collective Grave 1-4
Wireless Operator: J/95080 Plt Off Roland Marcel Joseph Champagne RCAF - Reichswald Forest War
Cemetery Plot 25 Row C Collective Grave 1-4
Air Gunner: 1086293 Sgt Thomas George Reynolds - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 25 Row B Grave 10
Air Gunner: 155396 Fg Off John Allan Orr DFC - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 25 Row C Collective Grave 1-4 (NCO:1568180 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 05 October, 1943)
Sources:
RCAF archival microfilms
Personnel files of the RCAF crew members from DND Archives Canada
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=lm596&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 4 - Theo Boiten
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Nov-2021 06:57 | tachel | Added |
| 09-Feb-2022 10:35 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Jun-2024 19:36 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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