ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158526
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 March 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PA973 |
| MSN: | OF-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Mission to Bohlen. Took off from RAF Coningsby at 2334 to bomb a synthetic-oil plant. Lost without trace. All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Five of the six Australians came from the State of Victoria, while their navigator Plt Off Murray RAAF, hailed from Lismore in New South Wales.
Fg Off J D Cottman RAAF (KIA)
Sgt J W Cross (KIA)
Plt Off A G Murray RAAF (KIA)
Flt Sgt J S Coster RAAF (KIA)
WO H J Arney RAAF (KIA)
Flt Sgt V E Petschel RAAF (KIA)
Flt Sgt L J Bull RAAF (KIA)
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 140.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 December 1942 | R5512 | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 7 | Vogelbuurt, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2013 08:22 | JINX | Added |
| 01-Jun-2016 17:14 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 15:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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