ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159429
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| Date: | Saturday 23 December 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB678 |
| MSN: | TL-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Off South Foreland, Kent -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Graveley |
| Koln |
Collided with PB683 on mission to Cologne. 4 MIA and three bodies washed ashore. PB683 resulted also in seven fatalities.
Crew:-
Pilot: 56445 Plt Off Richard Joseph Clarke (Eire) - Runnymede Memorial Panel 210 (NCO:640609 Commission Gazetted : Monday 05 February, 1945)
Flight Engineer: 1867597 Sgt John Charles Mays - Harrow Weald Cemetery Section C Grave 43.
Navigator: J/93665 Plt Off Donald Russell Currie RCAF - Brookwood Military Cemetery Plot 56 Row B Grave 7. 23/12/44
Bomb Aimer: A/422774 Plt Off Joseph William Webb RAAF - Brookwood Military Cemetery Plot 4 Row O Grave 17.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: A/417875 Plt Off Robert Keith Norsworthy RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 258.
Air Gunner: A/411869 Plt Off Thomas Eugene Craddock RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 258.
Air Gunner: J/95373 Plt Off James McGee RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 251.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
http://www.crash-aerien.news/forum/ww2-t20465-9735.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Aug-2013 16:51 | JINX | Added |
| 04-Jun-2015 17:44 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator] |
| 24-Dec-2020 09:27 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-May-2022 19:51 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2023 08:29 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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