Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III JB676,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 229766
 
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Date:Friday 28 April 1944
Time:01:19 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:7 Sqn RAF
Registration: JB676
MSN: MG-K
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Reichenbach, Lahr/Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Oakington (takeoff at 22:26 hrs)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Hauptmann Wallner of II./NJG 6, flying one of the Ju 88 Luftbeobachter (air observation aircraft) was responsible for the demise of this Friedrichshafen raider.

Crew:-
Pilot : Wing Commander William Guy Lockhart DSO DFC & bar RAF 112728 (NCO:748117 : Commission Gazetted Friday 06 February, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Elliot Johnson RAFVR 1591067 [Killed]
Navigator : Squadron Leader John Lionel Martin DFC and Bar RAFVR 106968 (NCO:903334 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 28 October, 1941) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Lieutenant Leslie Dennis Goldingay DFC RAFVR 130244 (NCO:968161 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 13 October, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer William Walter Bigoray DFM RCAF J/89731 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Squadron Leader George Ryle DFC RAFVR 79219 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 June, 1940) [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Frank Wells Shields RAFVR 1675802 [Killed]


Sources:

http://www.aircrewremembered.com/william-lockhart-dso-dfc-and-bar.html
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
16 December 1943 JB552 7 Sqn RAF 7 Werlte, Ems, Niedersachsen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
06-Oct-2019 14:16 tachel Added
15-May-2021 19:43 TigerTimon Updated [Date, Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Apr-2024 06:47 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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