ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159457
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| Date: | Tuesday 19 December 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 227 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB723 |
| MSN: | 9J-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Crashed near Kielna. -
 Poland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Balderton |
| Gydnia |
Took off from RAF Balderton at 16:53.
Claim by Oblt Peter Ehrhardt 2/NJG5 - North East of Gdynia at 21:58
Those who perished were initially buried in Danzig Garrison Cemetery in Field 13 Row 3 Grave 4466 (Comrades Grave)
Reinterred 12 November 1948.
Crew:-
Pilot: NZ/424540 Fg Off Anthony Rees Wilson RNZAF - PoW/Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang/PoW Number?
Flight Engineer: 1675389 Sgt James Hodges - Malbrok Commonwealth War Cemetery Plot 3 Row B Grave 5.
Navigator: 1586087 Flt Sgt John William Frank Jordan - Malbrok Commonwealth War Cemetery Plot 3 Row B Grave 3.
Bomb Aimer: J/95482 Plt Off James Duncan Smith RCAF - Malbrok Commonwealth War Cemetery Plot 3 Row B Grave 2.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 185713 Plt Off Frederick Gordon Stuart Best - Malbrok Commonwealth War Cemetery Plot 3 Row B Joint Grave 4. (NCO:1192729 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 21 November, 1944)
Air Gunner: 149056 Flt Lt Cyril Alfred Banks - Malbrok Commonwealth War Cemetery Plot 3 Row B Joint Grave 4. (NCO:12886135 Commission Gazetted : Friday 25 July, 1941)
Air Gunner: 2212860 Sgt Gilbert Milroy Clark - Malbrok Commonwealth War Cemetery Plot 3 Row B Grave 1
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
CWGC
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Aug-2013 20:04 | JINX | Added |
| 10-Nov-2018 06:50 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 30-Apr-2022 17:51 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Dec-2023 07:41 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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