Date:	Wednesday 14 March 1945
Time:
Type:	Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:	75 (NZ) Sqn RAF
Registration:	PB741
MSN:	AA-E
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Hattingen -   Germany
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Mepal
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Missing on mission to Hattingen. HIT BY AAA 14MAR45, HEINRICH HUTTE OIL PLANT. AA-E. 5KIA, 2MIA. Took off from RAF Mepal at 1348 hrs for a G-H strike on a Benzol plant at Heinrich Hutte.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Eric George Parsons RAF 185301 (NCO:1393195 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 November, 1944) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Charles Albert Longstaff RAFVR 1595982 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant William Phinn RAFVR 1684789 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Francis Henry Ebbage RAFVR 1615600 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Eric Ramsay RAFVR 2205987 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John Lawrence Beard RAFVR 3006185 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant John Nichol RAFVR 1670779 [Killed]

Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
NZDF-SERIALS New Zealand Military Aircraft Serials & History Avro Lancaster Mk I/I/III 75 (NZ) Squadron
https://www.backtonormandy.org/maps/maps-1945/march-45/225-overview-day-by-day-1945-03/3360-13-03-45.html
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 126.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._75_Squadron_RAF
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
28-Aug-2013 20:19	JINX	Added
30-May-2016 04:14	Red Dragon	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
10-Jan-2018 15:51	angels one five	Updated [Operator, Source]
27-Oct-2018 19:40	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
21-Apr-2020 06:43	Anon.	Updated [Narrative]
14-Mar-2024 07:41	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative]