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| Date: | Friday 3 December 1943 |
| Time: | 00:35 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DS851 |
| MSN: | QO-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Field past runway at RAF East Moor -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Moor |
| Berlin |
Aircraft was damaged by cannon and machine-gun fire from an enemy night fighter on the return flight. It finished in a field beyond the upwind end of the runway.
The crew were unhurt:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Crawford Vincent Wales RCAF J/6174
Flight Engineer : Sergeant J Dickinson RAFVR 1270708
Navigator : Flight Sergeant John Sidney Evans RAFVR 1391057
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant William John Thomas Garvey RAFVR 1445910
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant John Howard Aplin RAFVR 1270708
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Alfred Leonard Joseph Thomas RAFVR 1548711
Rear Gunner : Flight Lieutenant Guy Henri Rainville DFM RCAF J/15751
Sources:
http://www.6bombergroup.ca/Dec43/Dec2~343.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ds851&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
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Your data is not correct, the Rear gunner was J Dickinson, I also have the log book entry to suppor it, the AA is correct.
RCAF archives
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jan-2022 20:30 | tachel | Added |
| 26-Jun-2022 17:33 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 10-Jun-2023 20:09 | Rob Davis | Updated |
| 05-Jul-2024 05:52 | Anon. | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 26-Sep-2024 08:31 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 04-Oct-2025 16:43 | Anon. | Updated [Photo, ] |
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