ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231820
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Date: | Sunday 11 March 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Avro Lancaster B Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 434 (Bluenose) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | KB834 |
MSN: | WL-Y |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Essen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Croft |
Destination airport: | Essen |
Narrative:Hit by flak immediately after bomb run and dived straight into the target area.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Raymond John Fern RCAF J/15681 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer William Thomas Jones RAFVR 185500 [Killed] (NCO:2209944 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 14 November, 1944)
Navigator : Flying Officer Thomas Donovan Copeland RCAF J/18182 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Lieutenant Alfred George Rowe DFC RCAF J/16574 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flying Officer Joe Richard Latremouille RCAF J/17438 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flying Officer Gibson Scott RCAF J/18994 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer J A H B Marceau RCAF [PoW]
Sources:
http://aircrewremembered.com/fern-raymond-john.html Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Dec-2019 15:56 |
tachel |
Added |
30-Dec-2019 15:59 |
tachel |
Updated [Narrative] |
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