Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III PB535,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159349
 
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Date:Tuesday 12 September 1944
Time:20:44
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF
Registration: PB535
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Missing -
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Dunholme Lodge
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Missing on mission to Darmstadt. Crashed near Roxheim, 3½ miles south of Worms.

Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Donald Stephen Lade RAAF Aus/418130 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant Thomas Starkie RAF 548376 [Killed]
Navigator : Warrant Officer Terence Lansdowne Awcock RAAF Aus/406988 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Joseph Archibald Wilson McCallum DFC RAFVR 173828 [Killed] (NCO:1551605 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 02 May, 1944)
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Maurice Benjamin RAFVR 1671182 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Henry John Conquest RAAF Aus/429450 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Ivan Patrick Hourigan RAAF Aus/410668 [Killed]

Sources:

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

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Aug-2013 19:44 JINX Added
27-Nov-2014 16:35 Faun Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location]
27-Nov-2014 16:39 BlB Updated [Operator]
07-Sep-2023 18:12 Rob Davis Updated [[Operator]]

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