ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158393
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| Date: | Friday 23 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PA237 |
| MSN: | SR-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gültstein southeast of Herrenberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ludford Magna |
Mission to Pforzheim. Took off from RAF Ludford Magna at 1613 hrs. All are buried in Durnbach War Cemetery.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant William Wallace Watt RAFVR 155790 (NCO:1058657 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 05 October, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Randolph Edward Winstone RAFVR 1897367 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Stuart Rufus Allen RAFVR 1602947 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Arthur White Stuart RAFVR 163582 (NCO:1603104 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 April, 1944) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Geoffrey Arthur Stephens RAFVR 2204309 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Joshua Alderdice Slater RAFVR 1549547 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant David Mortimer RAFVR 1596898 [Killed]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
http://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/PA2371945-02-24.html
Royal Air force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 93.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 January 1944 | DV308 | 101 Sqn RAF | 4 | near Grandrieu, Sivry-Rance, Hainaut |  |
w/o |
| 21 July 1944 | LL779 | 101 Sqn RAF | 8 | end of Ossenkapelweg road, Handel, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 13 August 1944 | PB258 | 101 Sqn RAF | 2 | Barver, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 3 February 1945 | PB457 | 101 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire, England |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Aug-2013 16:19 | JINX | Added |
| 03-Jun-2015 07:28 | Weeks | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 28-May-2016 19:33 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Sep-2018 09:32 | Anon. | Updated [Date, Location] |
| 09-Oct-2018 05:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 23-Feb-2024 07:58 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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