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| Date: | Tuesday 23 May 1944 |
| Time: | 01:23 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster B Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | KB717 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Genhuelsen, south of Mönchengladbach, Nordrhein Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St. George, Co.Durham |
Lancaster X KB717: Took off 22:40 22 for Bombing mission to Dortmund. 22/05/1944
Struck by FLAK from Schwerer Flak Abteilungen 244 (o) & 401.Crashed at 01:23 hrs. 23/05/1944
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Charles Edmund George Patterson RCAF J/85360 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flying Officer William Wilkins Mitchell RCAF C/2106 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer Robert Eric Norman Wood RAFVR 176479 (NCO:1709160 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 July, 1944) [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer William Alexander Bailey RCAF J/86335 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Donovan Emmerson Derbyshire RCAF J/88396 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 31 December, 1940) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Ogwen Jones RAFVR 1507140 [Killed]
Mid-Under Gunner : Flight Sergeant Adam Philip Chawanski RCAF R/196076 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Warrant Officer Class II Arthur Carleton Beckett RCAF R/159331 [Killed]
All lie at the Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany (51.529254 / 6.564161)
Sources:
1. Theo Boiten: Nachtjagd 1944 vol 3, p. 012.
2. CWGC
3. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-May-2023 21:37 | redsix | Added |
| 02-May-2023 05:33 | Anon. | Updated |
| 02-May-2023 16:46 | Nepa | Updated |
| 17-May-2024 12:34 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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