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| Date: | Friday 14 January 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DS850 |
| MSN: | QO-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Nordhorn, GB, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor |
| Brunswick |
Hit by flak over the target which caused much structural damage. Petrol tanks were ruptured and the order to bale out was given in the vicinity of Rheine, the Lancaster crashing on the Engdener Wuste, east of Nordhorn.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Crawford Vincent Wales RCAF J/6174 [PoW]
2nd Pilot : Flight Sergeant Gordon Chesley Pike RCAF R/151601 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Alfred Leonard Joseph Thomas RAF 1548711 [PoW]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant John Sidney Evans RAF 1391057 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant William John Thomas Garvey RAF 1445910 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant John Howard Aplin RAFVR 1270708 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Robert Anthony Hutchinson RAFVR 1533378 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Lieutenant Guy Henri Rainville DFM RCAF J/15751 [PoW]
Sources:
http://www.6bombergroup.ca/Jan44/Jan14~1544.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ds850&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york43/ds851.html
https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/search-awards/?search=rainville&searchfield=lastname&type=all
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=15751&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jan-2022 20:19 | tachel | Added |
| 07-Jan-2022 20:21 | tachel | Updated [Total occupants, ] |
| 08-Jun-2022 21:11 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 25-Jun-2022 04:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 14-Jan-2024 07:49 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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