ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159493
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| Date: | Thursday 22 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB814 |
| MSN: | EM-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Spilsby |
| Gravenhorst |
Mission to Gravenhorst. Took off from RAF Spilsby at 1653 hrs to attack the Mittelland Kanal at Gravenhorst. Those who died are buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Terence Benedict Phelan RCAF J/17869 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Hector Winning RAFVR 1821317 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Eric Grundy RAFVR 195679 [Killed] (NCO:1582223 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 01 May, 1945)
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Albert Alfred Oak RAFVR 191818 [Killed] (NCO:1399606 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 03 April, 1945)
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Francis Crohane O'Shea RAFVR 1217980 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Jim Boyce Davey RCAF R/224874 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant J A Holmes RAF [PoW]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 88.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 July 1942 | R5867 | 207 Sqn RAF | 7 | Anrath, Willich, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 6 August 1942 | R5761 | 207 Sqn RAF | 7 | near the church at Megen, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
| Ditching | ||||||
| 2 January 1944 | W4892 | 207 Sqn RAF | 8 | near Daimler-Benz factory at Genshagen, Ludwigsfelde, Brandenburg | |
w/o |
| 11 November 1944 | PB428 | 207 Sqn RAF | 7 | Bratoft, near Skegness, Lincolnshire, England |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2013 02:21 | JINX | Added |
| 28-May-2016 16:49 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 08:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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