ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159620
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| Date: | Wednesday 8 November 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PD374 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing - |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Methwold |
| Homberg |
Missing on mission to Homberg.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Leslie Markland Hough RAAF Aus/417377 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer John Henry Tales RAFVR 186308 [Killed] (NCO:935065 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 05 December, 1944)
Navigator : Flight Sergeant J Allen Clifford RAF 1494676 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer John Harding Barron RAF 153827 [PoW] (NCO:1393913 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 07 December, 1943)
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Henry Charles Burnside RAFVR 1617065 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John Lawson RAFVR 1595595 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Stanley Kenneth Lee RAF 1853003 [PoW]
All the crew are remembered on the Runnymede Memorial (GPS 51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2013 19:53 | JINX | Added |
| 15-Jan-2018 18:49 | XindelX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Damage] |
| 08-Nov-2023 07:37 | Rob Davis | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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