ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159585
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| Date: | Friday 5 January 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PD292 |
| MSN: | VN-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthrope |
| RAF Skellingthrope |
Mission to Royan. Took off from RAF Skellingthrope to attack the German garrison dominating the mouth of the Gironde. Lost without trace. All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Fg Off Sagar, and likely most of those here mentioned, had been involved in a take off accident a few days previous.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Vincent Garstang Sagar RAFVR 179595 [Killed] (NCO:1332580 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 29 August, 1944)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Alan Jones RAFVR 1168635 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Darrell Jackson RAFVR 1620321 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer John Curwood McFee RCAF J/95354 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Walter Richard Dawes RAFVR 1811370 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Joseph Henry Peill RAF 658300 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant John Henry Goddard RAFVR 1877439 [Killed]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 29.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 August 1944 | PA994 | 50 Sqn RAF | 6 | 12 km off Neukuhren, Ostpreussen (now Pionersky, RU) |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2013 15:52 | JINX | Added |
| 18-May-2016 05:37 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2018 14:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 18-Apr-2022 05:06 | Ron Averes | Updated [Damage] |
| 04-Jan-2024 07:54 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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