ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159462
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| Date: | Friday 9 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB737 |
| MSN: | QR-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Am Pk. and Krummbek Road off Lidenallee -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthrope |
| RAF Skellingthorpe |
Missing on mission to Politz.
Took off from RAF Skellingthorpe at 1652 hrs in the first phase strike against a synthetic oil-plant in Politz. This was the crew's 15th mission; Flt Lt Bartlett died (as only one of the crew) holding the plane steady for his crew to escape; he bailed out, but his parachute failed to open in time.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Ronald William Bartlett RAFVR 67656 (NCO:1258798 : Commission Gazetted Friday 27 June, 1941) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Flying Officer Kenneth Middlemast RAF 173270 (NCO:1685291 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 25 April, 1944) [PoW]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant N T Nuttall RAF [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant A E Hector RAF [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Warrant Officer P Styles RAF [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant T C King RAF [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant B Courtney RAF [PoW]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
www.unithistories.com/officers/RAFVR_officers_B01.html
http://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/PB7371945-02-09.html
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 72.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 June 1942 | R5544 | 61 Sqn RAF | 6 | near Düsseldorf-Eller, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 5 September 1942 | R5682 | 61 Sqn RAF | 3 | de Alde Feanen national park; near Wartena, Friesland |  |
w/o |
| 23 April 1944 | LM476 | 61 Sqn RAF | 6 | near the Dallensenweg road, Lügde, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 6 November 1944 | PB725 | 61 Sqn RAF | 3 | east of Coesfeld (grid square JP 2), Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Aug-2013 20:15 | JINX | Added |
| 25-May-2016 20:42 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 08-Feb-2024 08:00 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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