Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III PB459,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159278
 
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Date:Wednesday 29 November 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:460 Sqn RAAF
Registration: PB459
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location: -
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Binbrook
Destination airport:Dortmund
Narrative:
Missing on mission to Dortmund. Crashed in the target area.

Crew:-

Pilot : F/O Maurice Claude Norfolk Gray RAAF Aus/428772 [Killed]
F/E : Sgt Ronald Arthur Smith RAFVR 1866711 [Killed]
Nav : F/O Neville Edward Butler RAAF Aus/14734 [Killed]
B/A : F/S Herbert Barnard Armstrong RAAF Aus/426447 [Killed]
W/Op : F/S Ernest Arthur Parry RAAF Aus/436658 [Killed]
M/U : W/O William John Latchford Whale RAAF Aus/405511 [Killed]
R/G : W/O Richard Wilson Lett RAAF Aus/412983 [Killed]

Sources:

Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Aug-2013 08:15 JINX Added
04-Jun-2015 08:06 INV Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
14-Jun-2022 19:26 Rob Davis Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]

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