ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158532
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| Date: | Friday 16 June 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 635 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PA987 |
| MSN: | F2-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - |
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
Took off from RAF Downham Market at 23:37 to bomb railway yards at Lens in the Pas-de-Calais (France). Lost without trace. All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew:-
Pilot : F/S David Griffiths RAFVR 1389070 [Killed]
F/E : Sgt Arthur Charles Harding RAFVR 1603957 [Killed]
Nav : F/S Eric John Waspe RAFVR 1335368 [Killed]
B/A : F/S Edward Leonard Colston Howell RAFVR 1317047 [Killed]
W/Op : F/S Henry Peter Whitehead RAFVR 1333766 [Killed]
M/U : Sgt Roy Glass RAFVR 1605575 [Killed]
R/G : F/S William Harold Iball RAFVR 1018307 [Killed]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 282.
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/17118-PA9871944-06-16.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2013 08:23 | JINX | Added |
| 18-Aug-2013 10:04 | JINX | Updated |
| 16-Jun-2016 14:47 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2018 20:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 04-Jun-2021 15:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 06:48 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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