ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159226
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| Date: | Saturday 3 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 467 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | PB306 |
| MSN: | PO-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hohenwettersbach SE of Karlsruhe -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington |
| Karlsrhue |
PB306 - Missing on mission to Karlsruhe. 3.2.1945
Mission : Karlsruhe. Took off from RAF Scampton at 1951 hrs. All are buried in Durnbach War Cemetery.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Noel Sidney Caesar Colley RAF 130650 (NCO:658806 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 01 December, 1942) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flying Officer James Magnus Inkster RAAF Aus/432191 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Dennis George Howdle RAFVR 1866651 [Killed]
Navigator : Warrant Officer Bertram Forbes Weber RAAF Aus/434068 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Allan Harry Pearce RAAF Aus/428480 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Frank Edgar Everatt RAAF Aus/427311 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Frederick Jack Bean RAAF Aus/430920 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Phillip John Carter RAAF Aus/435334 [Killed]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/PB306%201945-02-03.html
Royal Air Force Bomber Command losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 64.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 August 1944 | LM267 | 467 Sqn RAAF | 2 |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Aug-2013 16:59 | JINX | Added |
| 15-Dec-2014 09:38 | weeks | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 24-May-2016 04:15 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Nov-2016 14:15 | Anon. | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 02-Feb-2024 08:02 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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