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Date: | Thursday 8 April 1943 |
Time: | 23:35 |
Type: | 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/time | Contributor | Updates |
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] |