ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244854
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| Date: | Monday 21 December 1942 |
| Time: | 21:30 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4185 |
| MSN: | WS-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rothschwaige, Karlsfeld, Bavaria -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 17:34 hrs for a bombing operation against Munich in Bavaria. The aircraft was hit by heavy flak of the 1./schwere Flak-Abteilung 384 and the 1. & 4./schwere Flak-Abteilung 405.
Only the flight engineer bailed out safely and was captured. The rest of the crew are in a collective grave at Oberschleissheim Churchyard, Germany.
Crew:-
Pilot: 139612 P/O Edward Fenwicke-Clennell RAFVR - KIA (NCO:1142206 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 23 March, 1943)
Navigator: 1060037 F/Sgt Jack Passmore Warren RAFVR - KIA
Bomb Aimer: J/16871 P/O Robert Guy Clarkson RCAF - KIA
Flight Engineer: 572769 F/Sgt Peter Myram Slater RAFVR - POW
Wireless Op/Air Gunner: 128685 P/O John Alexander Wilson Moffat DFC RAFVR - KIA
Air Gunner: 1175563 Sgt Jack Hilton Baker RAFVR - KIA
Air Gunner: R/91707 F/Sgt John Frederick Edwards RCAF - KIA
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W4185
Google Maps
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=W4185
Personnel files of both RCAF crewmen containing the official loss report
https://aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=w4185&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 September 1943 | ED666 | 9 Sqn RAF | 7 | Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
| 18 November 1943 | DV284 | 9 Sqn RAF | 8 | 2 km north of Weißenfels, Sachsen-Anhalt | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Nov-2020 21:11 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 21-Dec-2023 07:48 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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