ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 89787
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| Date: | Saturday 6 January 1945 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PA165 |
| MSN: | QR-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Houffalize, Luxembourg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthorpe |
| RAF Skellingthorpe |
Mission: to bomb an enemy supply route in the Ardennes
Shot down above the target area (Houffalize - Belgium)
Crew:
Pilot: F/O 171387 Jack Etherington Sears 22 RAFVR killed (NCO:1393984 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 14 March, 1944)
Flt.Eng: F/Sgt. 1322461 R.W.B. Baldwin 21 RAFVR killed. Note:on CWGC site, date of death 05/01/45.
Bmdr: F/O 2350 Richard Bruce Anderson 22 RNZAF killed.
Wop/AG: F/Sgt. 2200210 George Malcolm 20 RAFVR killed.
Nav: Sgt. 1673227 Maurice Wilfred Stobart 21 RAFVR kiled.
AG: Sgt.1897783 Leslie Alexander Williams 28 RAFVR killed.
W/O. O.N. McKay unjuried, POW.
Sources:
http://ardennesavions45.blogspot.com
http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=3002
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
CWGC
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 January 1943 | W4769 | 61 Sqn RAF | 7 | Zuiderdijkweg road, Wieringerwerf, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 2 January 1944 | DV344 | 61 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Wiesenhagen, Trebbin, Brandenburg |  |
w/o |
| 7 March 1945 | ME474 | 61 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea |  |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Feb-2011 06:23 | ThW | Added |
| 02-Feb-2011 11:53 | ThW | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Sep-2011 11:52 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2012 13:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2013 15:41 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2013 15:41 | JINX | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2013 16:28 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-May-2016 12:06 | Red Dragon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Destination airport] |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 13-Nov-2022 00:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 05-Jan-2024 07:55 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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