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| Date: | Saturday 14 October 1944 |
| Time: | 08:48 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL909 |
| MSN: | PH-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cornelissenstraße street, Duisburg-Wehofen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Wickenby (EGNW) |
| Wickenby (EGNW) |
Takeoff at 06:45 hrs for a bombing operation to Duisburg.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Theodore Sorenson RAFVR 146152 (NCO:1386491 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 06 July, 1943) [Killed] Nederweert cemetery (the Netherlands); grave 4 B 11 - initially buried Holten (Oberhausen)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Crawford Fernie RAFVR 3020425 [Killed] Nederweert cemetery (the Netherlands); grave 4 B 12 - initially buried Holten (Oberhausen)
Navigator : Flying Officer Harold Spencer Gartrell RCAF J/39011 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Richard Walter Randall RCAF J/27130 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Ross Allen RAF 1471159 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant D R Smith RAFVR 1896917 [Killed] Venray War Cemetery (the Netherlands); grave 7 A 1-6 - initially buried Holten (Oberhausen)
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Stanley Ronald Smith RAF 1881029 [PoW]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4538&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.lancaster-archive.com
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Jan-2009 21:23 | larry617 | Updated |
| 07-Jan-2009 21:23 | harro | Updated |
| 27-Dec-2011 06:43 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Dec-2011 14:38 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, ] |
| 08-Oct-2019 05:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Oct-2019 05:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 08-Oct-2019 05:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 03-Nov-2024 20:06 | Rob Davis | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
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