ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158390
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| Date: | Sunday 4 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 90 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PA158 |
| MSN: | WP-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Blütenweg off Durchstraße, Dortmund -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tuddenham |
| RAF Tuddenham |
Missing on mission to Dortmund.
Took off from RAF Tuddenham at 1614 hrs to bomb the Hansa Benzol Facility. All are buried in the Rheinberg War Cemetery. The parents of Flt Lt Buning lived in Holland at Den Haag; Sgt Goddard is described in the CWGC Cemetery Register as an air gunner.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Johannes Jacobus Buning RAFVR 171614 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Harry Samuel Nickless RAAF Aus/37050 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Stanley Buckland Stewart Bishop RCAF J/37721 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Alfred Henry Edwards RAFVR 1391039 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Ernest Edward Bemrose RAFVR 1596002 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant John George Brown RAFVR 3040078 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Mervyn John Frederick Goddard RAFVR 1853495 [Killed]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/PA1581945-02-04.html
https://www.findagrave.com/page=gr&GSln=goddard&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1945&GSdyrel=in&GScntry=8&GSob=n&GRid=18406711&df=all&
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second War 1945 Page 66.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Aug-2013 15:42 | JINX | Added |
| 25-May-2016 06:09 | Red Dragon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Jun-2018 06:52 | ehren69 | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2018 19:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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