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| Date: | Tuesday 23 May 1944 |
| Time: | 00:48 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 75 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND768 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mepal, |
Mission to Dortmund. Hit by schwere Flak Batterie 333, schwere Flak Abteilung 221 and schwere Flak Abteilung 416 (Eisenbahn) and exploded over Dortmund.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Cecil Ernest Armstrong RNZAF NZ/42354 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant David Sleightholm RAFVR 1684309 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Douglas Beardsley Payne RNZAF NZ/426917 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Eric William Elliott Marshall RNZAF NZ/415637 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Carl Arthur Warburton RAFVR 1484107 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Roy Joseph Davies RAFVR 1603898 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant James Pepper RAFVR 1682572 [Killed]
All lie at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany (51.740880 / 6.082017)
Sources:
Theo Boiten: Nachtjagd 1944 vol 3, p. 012.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-May-2023 01:28 | redsix | Added |
| 29-May-2023 09:42 | Nepa | Updated |
| 17-May-2024 12:22 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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