Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III DV221,
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Date:Monday 27 September 1943
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:103 Sqn RAF
Registration: DV221
MSN: PM-K
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:South of Heyersum -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Elsham Wolds
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by flak during night bombing mission. No survivors

Crew:-
Pilot : S/L John Herbert "Jake" Kennard DFC RAF 40715 [Killed] (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 24 May, 1938)
F/E : F/S John Edward Griffiths Aston DFM RAFVR 1127674 [Killed]
Nav : F/O Stanley Allan Morey DFC RAAF Aus/401074 [Killed]
B/A : F/O Ronald Norman Faulkner RAFVR 136885 (NCO:1335416) [Killed] (NCO:1335416 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 16 March, 1943)
W/Op/AG : F/O Thomas Coulton Latham DFM RAF 51721 (NCO:652212) [Killed] (NCO:652212 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 01 June, 1943)
M/U : P/O Arthur Harrison DFM RCAF J/18007 [Killed]
R/G : Sgt Alan Davidson RAFVR 1355496 [Killed]

Sources:

https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/22797-DV2211943-09-28.html
https://www.ancestry.ca/interactive/9145/44485_83024005506_0966-00224/16555?backUrl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.ca%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3f_phsrc%3dknp81%26_phstart%3dsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3dtrue%26indiv%3d1%26dbid%3d9145%26cp%3d0%26_F4E2F07A%3dJ18007%26new%3d1%26rank%3d1%26uidh%3dv66%26redir%3dfalse%26msT%3d1%26gss%3dangs-d%26pcat%3d39%26fh%3d0%26h%3d16555%26recoff%3d%26ml_rpos%3d1&ssrc=&rdb=CANWWIIkia&st=r&_ga=2.131327439.1763200921.1567198071-1809090289.1563720649#?imageId=44485_83024005506_0966-00241
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
12 May 1944 JB733 103 Sqn RAF 7 Loenhout, Wuustwezel, Antwerp w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Sep-2019 15:28 tachel Added
01-Sep-2019 19:08 Anon. Updated [Operator]
11-Jan-2020 16:54 stehlik49 Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]
19-May-2022 11:42 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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