Accident Avro Lancaster Mk I W4785,
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Date:Thursday 8 April 1943
Time:23:35
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:460 Sqn RAAF
Registration: W4785
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Duisburg-Meiderich, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Breighton
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Hit by heavy and light Flak.

Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: UV-J
Takeoff time: 21:11

Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant John Howard Ball RAAF Aus/408949 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant William Corner Langley RAFVR 1261372 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Charles Edward James Frampton RAFVR 658374 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Derek Milner Gray RAFVR 1330750 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant David Gwynne Mordecai RAFVR 1025415 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant George Granville Dobson RAFVR 1090929 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Arthur Anderson Garven RAAF Aus/403806 [Killed]

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://aircrewremembered.com/ball-john-howard.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Apr-2018 07:55 TigerTimon Added
23-Oct-2018 19:35 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
08-Apr-2024 06:54 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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