ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138949
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 April 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB278 |
| MSN: | PM-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off Kent coast -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds |
| RAF Elsham Wolds |
Airborne 21.46 hours 24. April 1944 from Elsham Wolds.
Very badly shot up during raid on Karlsruhe. Forced to ditch in North Sea.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Cecil Harold Ogden RAF 531417 (Officer:54597 : Commission Gazetted Friday 12 May, 1944)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Ernest Thomason RAF 542295
Navigator : Warrant Officer Oliver John Lancaster Pratlett RCAF R/167080
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant George Clarke Mitchell RAFVR 1553379 (Officer:189118 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 30 January, 1945)
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Kennath Arba Brooke RAFVR 1486403
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Eric Robert Henry Dyde DFM RAFVR 1433724
Rear Gunner : Sergeant H R Freckleton RAF
Sources:
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft JA100 - JZ999, published 1990
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB278&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 July 1943 | ED884 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | Essen-Borbeck, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 7 January 1945 | PB637 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | Baltic | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Oct-2011 23:57 | whiteshark | Added |
| 26-Dec-2011 07:03 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2012 11:19 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jan-2012 13:38 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 15-May-2021 19:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Total occupants, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Apr-2024 06:49 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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