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| Date: | Monday 22 May 1944 |
| Time: | 01:12 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 100 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL960 |
| MSN: | HW-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Binsheim, North Rhine-Westphalia -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Grimsby |
Lancaster LL960: Took off at 22:44 hrs from RAF Grimsby. 21/05/1944
Hit by Flak and exploded in mid- air scattering debris over an area identified as Repelen-Baerl- Binscheim all sizeable communitied west of the Rhine and NNW of Duisburg.
Mission to Duisburg. Shot down by Flak. Hit by Scheinwerfer Flak Abteilung 447, schw. F;al Abteilung 472 4./ Flak Abteilung 394. Exploded over Binsheim 01:12hrs. 22/05/1944
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Edwin Laurence Eames RAFVR 150244 (NCO:1172745 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 18 May, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Raymond William Pryce RAFVR 1582778 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Douglass-Smith Kirkwood RCAF J/86514 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Joseph Spector RCAF J/26649 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Pilot Officer Arthur John Alcott RAFVR 176042 (NCO:1394815 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 20 June, 1944) [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Frank Parish RAFVR 1593220 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Charles Bird RAFVR 1590882 [Killed]
All lie at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany (51.740880 / 6.082017)
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses by W R CHORLEY
Theo Boiten: Nachtjagd 1944 vol 3, p. 009.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-May-2023 20:06 | redsix | Added |
| 29-May-2023 10:00 | Nepa | Updated |
| 17-May-2024 06:51 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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