ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158398
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| Date: | Monday 19 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 626 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PA216 |
| MSN: | UM-C2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby |
| RAF Wickenby |
Missing on Gardening mission.
Took of from RAF Wickenby at 1754 hrs for operations over the German Blight. Lost without trace. All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew
Pilot : F/O Harold Leslie Lucas RAFVR 179534 [Killed] (NCO:1080708 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 05 September, 1944)
F/E : Sgt Andrew Maitland Watson RAFVR 1341027 [Killed]
Nav : P/O George Peter Holmes RAFVR 195238 [Killed] (NCO:1548733 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 17 April, 1945)
B/A : F/S Robert Lea Lewis RAFVR 1601794 [Killed]
W/Op : F/S Ernest Eric Jenkins RAFVR 1866002 [Killed]
M/U : Sgt Francis Walter Underhill RAFVR 1009395 [Killed]
R/G : F/S John Webber RAFVR 2221373 [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/PA2161945-02-19.html
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 81.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Aug-2013 16:19 | JINX | Added |
| 26-May-2016 16:10 | Red Dragon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2018 21:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 18-Feb-2022 10:36 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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