ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159270
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| Date: | Monday 9 April 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB374 |
| MSN: | EA-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Lutzkendorf -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fulbeck, Lincolnshire |
8/9 April, 1945; LUTZKENDORF: 1 Group Lancasters had attacked the Lutzkendorf refinery the previous night achieving moderate success. Just after 18.00hrs on Sunday evening, 231 Lancasters and 11 Mosquitoes from Lincolnshire's 5 Group, set out to finish the job. The raid itself was a total success with the refinery being rendered inactive. The cost had been 6 Lancasters and their crews.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Roger Cluer RAFVR 190041 [Killed] (NCO:904335 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 20 February, 1945)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Peter Lipp RAFVR 1826016 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Peter Frederick Chester Jackson RAFVR 1676676 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Murray Roy McKay RCAF J/38401 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant John Harrie McGuigan RAAF Aus/428401 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant George Alexander MacLennan RAF 547776 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Ronald Ernest Wilkins RAFVR 1454207 [Killed]
Most of the crew on their 8th operation. They are all remembered on the Runnymede Memorial.
In addition Flight Sergeant Wilkins is commemorated on a family grave in Watford Cemetery, Hertfordshire, England. See source 4 for more information.
Sources:
1. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
2. http://www.49squadron.co.uk/personnel_index/detail/Cluer_R
3. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
4. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/83494
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 June 1943 | ED432 | 49 Sqn RAF | 6 | near the ice cellar at the Fontijnallee road, Doorwerth, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
| 3 January 1944 | JB231 | 49 Sqn RAF | 0 | near Steinförde, Fürstenberg/Havel, Brandenburg | |
w/o |
| 8 July 1944 | LM541 | 49 Sqn RAF | 7 | Le Chesne, Marbois, Eure département |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Aug-2013 06:13 | JINX | Added |
| 31-Dec-2014 01:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2015 10:19 | SIS07 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 02-Jun-2016 17:25 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 20:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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