ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158429
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| Date: | Saturday 17 March 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 576 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PA265 |
| MSN: | UL-O2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gostenhof (Nürnberg) (Bayern) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fiskerton |
Mission to Nürnberg. Took off from RAF Fiskerton at 1725 hrs. Those who died rest in Durnbach War Cemetery.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant John Francis Ryan RAAF Aus/419142 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant John Edward Taylor RAFVR 1596665 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Alan William Garnet RCAF J/95311 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Keith Leonard Challis RAFVR 1396938 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant David Walter Edward Swift RAFVR 1867568 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John Symonds RAFVR 1883370 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant H A Hall RAF [PoW]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1925 Page 135.
https://www.backtonormandy.org/maps/maps-1945/march-45/225-overview-day-by-day-1945-03/3364-17-03-45.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 February 1945 | PD232 | 576 Sqn RAF | 7 | Wilsdruffer Strasse Inner Altstadt Dresden | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2013 03:11 | JINX | Added |
| 31-May-2016 17:02 | Red Dragon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-May-2016 17:31 | Red Dragon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Nov-2017 19:07 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Jun-2018 06:53 | ehren69 | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 18:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 28-Oct-2019 17:09 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 28-Oct-2019 18:30 | Uli Elch | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2019 20:06 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 16-Mar-2024 07:30 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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