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| Date: | Thursday 9 March 1944 |
| Time: | 21:30 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | PFNTU RAF |
| Registration: | EE120 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys, Cambridgeshire |
Lancaster EE120: Tookoff for a Night Training flight. 09/03/1944
Port tyre burst on takeoff at 21:30 hrs and undercarriage collapsed.
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Martin Sattler DFC & bar RCAF J/21942
Pilot (Under Training) : Squadron Leader Edward Weyman Blenkinsop DFC RCAF J/3467
Flight Lieutenant Clarke RAF
S/L Sattler's DFCs were gazetted on October 15th 1943 and May 23rd 1944, for earlier service with 405 Sqdn.
S/L Blenkinsop was later shot down and evaded whilst serving with 425 Sqdn (Lancaster JA976) and died in Belsen Concentration Camp.
Sources:
1. Bomber Command Losses by W R CHORLEY, volume 8, page 229.
2 .ORB PFNTU RAF
3. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Apr-2023 21:18 | redsix | Added |
| 03-May-2023 10:17 | Nepa | Updated |
| 24-Feb-2025 07:35 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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