ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50730
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| Date: | Saturday 14 October 1944 |
| Time: | 08:50 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 550 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PD319 |
| MSN: | BQ-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | August-Thyssen-Straße street, Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Killingholme |
Failed to return from an operation to Duisburg. Presumably, the aircraft collided with 630 Squadron Lancaster LM637 and crashed.
All seven crew members were initially buried at Holten (Oberhausen), but now rest in Limburg, the Netherlands:
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Harry Dodds RAFVR 152259 (NCO:1514886) [Killed] (NCO:1514886 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 24 August, 1943)
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer Arthur Reginald Brown RAFVR 182555 (NCO:2210108) [Killed] (NCO:2210108 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 14 November, 1944)
Navigator : Flying Officer Douglas John Kenneth White RAFVR 169611 (NCO:1397553) [Killed] (NCO:1397553 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 07 March, 1944)
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Henry Black RAFVR 153665 (NCO:1566501) [Killed] (NCO:1566501 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 30 November, 1943)
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Clarence Walter Beckingham RAAF Aus/422381 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Harold Lewis RAFVR 3005380 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Albert Laidlaw RAFVR 3021455 [Killed]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4539&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.lancaster-archive.com
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Jan-2009 21:22 | larry617 | Updated |
| 07-Jan-2009 21:23 | harro | Updated |
| 29-Aug-2013 17:24 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Dec-2016 16:09 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
| 18-Oct-2018 17:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 08-Oct-2019 05:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Oct-2019 05:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2023 07:09 | Rob Davisr | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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