ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231700
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| Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
| Time: | 01:46-59 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 630 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB710 |
| MSN: | LE-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 15 km NW of Ameland, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 00:26 hrs for an operation against aircraft assembly factories at Leipzig in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Heinz Vinke of the 11./NJG 1 (based at the Leeuwarden and Bergen airfields), who was flying a Bf 110 G-4.
All seven crew members are missing in action and are commemorated at the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Clifford Harold Armour RAFVR 142201 (NCO:1153083 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 27 April, 1943) Killed
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Adams Byars RAFVR 1822196 Killed
Navigator : Flying Officer Harold Kidd RAFVR 145374 (NCO:1548820 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 20 July, 1943) Killed
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer John Stanley Cross RAFVR 151248 (NCO:1451408 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 11 May, 1943) Killed
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Ronald Giles RAFVR 1337733 Killed
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer Leslie Alfred Young RAFVR 174106 (NCO:1324575 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 09 May, 1944) Killed
Rear Gunner : Sergeant George Henry Griffiths RAFVR 1835969 Killed
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB710
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Dec-2019 13:43 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 15-Jun-2022 04:22 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 24-Jan-2024 18:37 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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