ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 213654
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| Date: | Wednesday 28 July 1943 |
| Time: | 01:55 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EE178 |
| MSN: | GT-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Glinstedt, Gnarrenburg, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys |
Hit by Flak and exploded in mid-air.
Takeoff time: 22:37
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Claude Williams Wilkins RAF 1332786 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant George Edwin Milton RAF 577846 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Horace Holman RAFVR 160839 [Killed] (NCO:1434782 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 14 December, 1943)
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Allan Cloud RAFVR 1473128 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Ernest Stanley Crabbe RAFVR 1309272 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Robert Lobb RAFVR 1399459 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Edward James Cahill RAFVR 1600368 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EE178
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 June 1943 | ED858 | 156 Sqn RAF | 7 | Spiel, Titz, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 2 January 1944 | JB476 | 156 Sqn RAF | 7 | western part of Berlin | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jul-2018 15:45 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Nov-2018 10:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 27-Jul-2023 09:04 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Destination airport, Operator]] |
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