ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159407
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| Date: | Sunday 7 January 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB637 |
| MSN: | PM-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Baltic -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds |
| RAF Elsham Wolds |
Mission : Gardening. Took off from RAF Elsham Wolds at 1607 hrs setting course for the Baltic. Lost without trace. Al are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Sgt Fell and WO Abrams were regular airmen who service numbers indicate entry to the Royal Air Force circa 1938.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Charles Pearton RAFVR 178069 [Killed] (NCO:1389379 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 01 August, 1944)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant David Fell RAF 611641 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Harold Joseph Hutcheson RAAF Aus/410895 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Warrant Officer Sidney Edward Abrams RAF 620836 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Pilot Officer William Edward Burcher RAAF Aus/422402 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Gwynne Williams RAFVR 2218948 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Charles Henry Palmer RAFVR 1178429 [Killed]
The David Fell of today is a noted 103/576 Squadron Historian.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 37.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 July 1943 | ED884 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | Essen-Borbeck, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 25 April 1944 | JB278 | 103 Sqn RAF | 0 | off Kent coast |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Aug-2013 16:06 | JINX | Added |
| 10-Nov-2014 15:50 | Unitex | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 18-May-2016 13:54 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Oct-2018 14:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 06-Jan-2022 09:05 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2024 07:52 | Rob Davis | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
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