ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159178
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| Date: | Thursday 22 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB295 |
| MSN: | EM-I |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bocholt -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Spilsby |
| RAF Spilsby |
Mission to Gravenhorst. Took off from RAF Spilsby at 1657 hrs to attack the Mittelland Kanal near Gravenhorst. Crashed at Bocholt. Those who lost their lives are buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, having been found in graves at Bocholt. Sgt Gardiner RCAF was the foster-son of Capt Stuart and Ella Cork, while Flt Sgt Swihurs RCAF, an American was the stepson of Joseph A Kiernan.
Crew:-
Pilot : Warrant Officer Class I C O Huntley RCAF 87187 [Evaded]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Thomas Lupton RAFVR 1590635 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant John Gardiner RCAF R/179735 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Andrew Anthony Swihura RCAF R/135291 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Warrant Officer Class II Maurice Emerson Granbois RCAF R/181811 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant J W Spence RCAF [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Robert Campbell MacNicoll RCAF R/224743 [Killed]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 88.
https://www.findagrave.com/page=gr&GSln=Swihura&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1945&GSdyrel=in&GScntry=8&GSob=n&GRid=56038645&df=all&
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 June 1944 | ME827 | 207 Sqn RAF | 8 | Moerstraatsebaan, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Aug-2013 08:28 | JINX | Added |
| 28-May-2016 14:10 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 08:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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