ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138393
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| Date: | Saturday 31 March 1945 |
| Time: | daytime |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB468 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hamburg-Langenhorn, 4 km NNE Hamburg Airport -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Cambridgeshire |
Missing on mission to Hamburg, crashed in town.
Crew:-
Pilot : F/L Herbert Frederick Benson RAF 159879 (NCO:657955) [Served As] (NCO:657955 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 07 December, 1943)
Pilot : F/L Herbert Frederick Taylor DFC RAF 159879 (NCO:657955) [Killed] (NCO:657955 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 07 December, 1943)
F/E : P/O Harold Woolstenhulme RAFVR 186846 (NCO:2212874) [Killed] (NCO:2212874 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 27 March, 1945)
Nav : Sgt John Peter Williams RAFVR 1605235 [Killed]
2/Nav : Sgt Leonard Henry Joel RAFVR 1805899 [Killed]
B/A : F/O Robert Leslie Martin DFC RAFVR 175854 (NCO:1392837) [Killed] (NCO:1392837 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 20 June, 1944)
W/Op : F/O Leslie Arnold Cox DFC RAFVR 157042 (NCO:1295484) [Killed] (NCO:1295484 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 02 November, 1943)
M/U : F/S Kenneth Albert Lawrence Mitchell RAFVR 1587814 [Killed]
R/G : Sgt Robert Goldsbury RAFVR 1826652 [Killed]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Sep-2011 05:52 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 06-Sep-2011 06:01 | Uli Elch | Updated [Source] |
| 07-Sep-2011 02:42 | Uli Elch | Updated [Source] |
| 27-Aug-2013 13:12 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:50 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 31-Mar-2022 11:55 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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