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| Date: | Friday 22 October 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED366 |
| MSN: | AS-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Obermeiser -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington |
Damaged by flak, finished off by a night fighter. Only the pilot managed to bail out safely. He was interned at Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe).
Crew
Pilot: 1078460 Sergeant Kenneth Hurst (RAFVR) - PoW
Navigator: 1601078 Sergeant John Saffrey (RAFVR) - KIA
Bomb AImer: R/11601 Flight Sergeant Ronald Harris Butler (RCAF) - KIA
Flight Engineer: 1653285 Sergeant David Gareth Rees (RAFVR) - KIA
Wireless Op/Air Gunner: 1393558 Sergeant Walter George Gamage (RAFVR) - KIA
Air Gunner: R/155334 Sergeant John Terrance Costello (RCAF) - KIA
Air Gunner: 542252 Sergeant Michael Monaghan (RAFVR) - KIA
Sources:
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=ED366
https://www.raf166squadron.com/index.html
https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ed366&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Personnel files of both RCAF crew members containing the official RAF loss report.
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2198319
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2198453
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