Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III PB531,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159344
 
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Date:Tuesday 24 October 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:625 Sqn RAF
Registration: PB531
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:? -
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Kelstern
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Missing on mission to Essen.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Owen Henry Morshead RAFVR 150313 [Killed] (NCO:1336589 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 15 June, 1943)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant James Hardman Porteous RAFVR 1369004 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Derrick Rowley Owen Pugh RAFVR 1581750 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Stanley Whitaker RAFVR 168796 [Killed] (NCO:1438338 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 18 January, 1944)
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Percy Alfred William Black RAFVR 1606715 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Leslie Johnson RAFVR 2204527 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant John Crawford McConkey RAFVR 1899023 [Killed]

Sources:

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

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Aug-2013 19:38 JINX Added
28-Oct-2014 16:05 Xindel Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
23-Oct-2023 07:11 Rob Davis Updated [[Aircraft type, Operator]]

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