ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158399
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| Date: | Thursday 15 March 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 227 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PA214 |
| MSN: | 9J-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mücheln -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Balderton, Nottinghamshire |
Mission to Lützkendorf (Merseburg) . Took off from RAF Balderton at 1705 hrs to bomb the Wintershall Synthetic Oil Plant. All are buried in Durnbach War Cemetery. most of the crew had been involved in a serious landing accident on return from Sassnitz a week previously.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Matthew William Bell RAFVR 143283 [Killed] (NCO:1092927 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 20 July, 1943)
2nd Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Stanley Thomas Rouse RAFVR 134762 [Killed] (NCO:745336 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 05 January, 1943)
Flight Engineer : Flying Officer Leonard Sidney Smith RAFVR 160198 [Killed] (NCO:778053 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 29 August, 1944)
Navigator : Pilot Officer Peter Thomas Edwards RAFVR 190988 [Killed] (NCO:190988 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 20 March, 1945)
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Gerald Francis Orry RAFVR 153497 [Killed] (NCO:1132612 Commission Gazetted : Saturday 06 November, 1943)
Wireless Operator : Flying Officer Henry Albert Thomas RAFVR 161024 [Killed] (NCO:1377792 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 15 February, 1944)
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Raymond Cecil Stanley Wells RAFVR 1805639 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant George Forster Constable Stephenson RAFVR 1802383 [Killed]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
https://www.backtonormandy.org/maps/maps-1945/march-45/225-overview-day-by-day-1945-03/3362-15-03-45.html
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zXzwCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA203&lpg=PA203&dq=Wintershall+Synthetic+Oil+Plant&source=bl&ots=6cH9aCYNH-&sig=yKaOY8KVgn9XMMhbJRZX0xai-9E&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiC_LzdrYDNAhVqC8AKHTdsBbEQ6AEIHTAA#v=onepage&q=Wintershall%20Synthetic%20Oil%20Plant&f=false
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 127.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 December 1944 | PB646 | 227 Sqn RAF | 7 | 800 metres north of Altenkirchen, Braunfels, Hessen | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Aug-2013 16:19 | JINX | Added |
| 30-May-2016 04:13 | Red Dragon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Jun-2018 06:53 | ehren69 | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2018 21:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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