ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 196602
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Date: | Wednesday 7 March 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 550 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | ME428 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Colbitz -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by German Luftwaffe during a bombing operation on Dessau, Germany.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Robert Douglas Harris RCAF J/37989 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Kenneth John Boucher Smith RAFVR 1881097 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant David Johnston Yemen RCAF R/206017 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Gordon James Nicol RCAF J/41228 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Gerald Patrick Kelleher RAF 1836271 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Eric Raymond Robinson RAFVR 1474345 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Douglas James Hicks RCAF R/285082 [PoW]
Sources:
http://www.550squadronassociation.org.uk/php-library/mysql-utils/reports/rpt_squadron_operations.php?target=Dessau&aircraft=ME428 http://www.550squadronassociation.org.uk/documents/public/Lancasters-Crews/FORDHarris/index.php Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Jul-2017 15:55 |
gerard57 |
Added |
18-Oct-2018 17:28 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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