ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49184
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| Date: | Thursday 8 February 1945 |
| Time: | 00:40 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB181 |
| MSN: | OL-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ekkersweijer - Terraweg at Best, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire (takeoff at 20:58 hrs) |
| RAF Coningsby |
Abandoned after collision with another aircraft over France, while returning from mission to Ladbergen.
Took off from RAF Coningsby at 2059 hrs to attack the Dortmond-Ems Kanal near Ladbergen. Thought to have collided with a 97 Squadron Lancaster (ND961 OF-U), crashing at Best (Noord Brabant). Those who died are buried in Cemeteries at Nederweert and Eindhoven. Flt Lt Weber was thrown clear and landed by parachute. He subsequently returned to Coningsby.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Anthony Peter Weber RAF 109535 (NCO:905315 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 25 November, 1941) [Injured]
2nd Pilot : Flight Sergeant Gordon Summers RAFVR 1851198 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Ernest Stanley Thorn RAFVR 1801024 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant John Dennis Lauther RAFVR 1578136 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Gilbert Hugh Lonsdale RAFVR 1487790 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Lionel Frank Frederick Scull RAFVR 1602122 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Reginald John Harris Jackson RAFVR 1853612 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant James William Stazaker RAFVR 1149349 [Killed]
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T5212
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 69
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 April 1943 | R5622 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | Dobřany, Plzeň region, Sudet county |  |
w/o |
| 23 November 1943 | JB284 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | between Berlin-Adlershof and Berlin-Köpenick |  |
w/o |
| 30 August 1944 | PB249 | 83 Sqn RAF | 3 | Crashed Zielkeim East Prussia |  |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Aug-2013 17:13 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-May-2016 15:15 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2018 21:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 18-Jun-2022 23:44 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 23-Jun-2022 14:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Category] |
| 23-Jun-2022 17:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities] |
| 07-Feb-2024 07:58 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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