ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159503
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| Date: | Saturday 3 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 189 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB848 |
| MSN: | CA-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | SSE of Karlsruhe between Am Wetterbach and Pfeilerweg Roads in Grunwet -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fulbeck, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Fulbeck |
Missing on mission to Karlsruhe.
Took off from RAF Fulbeck at 2009 hrs. Those who lost their lives now rest in Durnbach War Cemetery.
189 Squadron had previously enjoyed reasonable fortune, losing only four aircraft twixt October 1944 and the end of the year. In the last four months of the war, fifteen Lancasters were written off.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Norman Philip Blain RCAF J/88570 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer Frederick Thomas James Nicholls RAF 191358 [Killed] (NCO:746075 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 27 March, 1945)
Navigator : Warrant Officer Class II Roy Everett Fulcher RCAF R/183745 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Kenneth Stanley Porter RAFVR 153892 [Killed] (NCO:1622801 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 07 December, 1943)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Kenneth Charles Robert Alder RAFVR 1399114 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Albert Edward Smith RAFVR 1594052 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant D F Clement RCAF [PoW]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/PB8481945-02-03.html
Royal Air force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 62.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2013 02:40 | JINX | Added |
| 24-May-2016 16:45 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2018 21:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 02-Jan-2024 08:11 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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