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| Date: | Tuesday 23 May 1944 |
| Time: | 01:16 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NE114 |
| MSN: | AS-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mettmann, NW of Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington |
| Dortmund |
Mission to Dortmund.
Coned bt 2./Flakscheinwerfer Batallion 305 and shared victory by schwerer Flakabteilungen 305, 401 & 447.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Harry Reginald Moncrieff RCAF J/85942 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Notley RAFVR 1867212 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Denis Asquith RAFVR 1684723 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant William Philmore Chandler RCAF 160751 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Samuel Flavell RAFVR 1559757 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant William Frederick Shead RAFVR 1894302 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Charles Keith Wynn RCAF 190166 : Commission Gazetted Thursday 08 February, 1945) [PoW]
Sources:
Theo Boiten: Nachtjagd 1944 Part 3, p. 019
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-May-2023 20:54 | redsix | Added |
| 29-May-2023 09:49 | Nepa | Updated |
| 17-May-2024 12:31 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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