ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159504
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| Date: | Monday 8 January 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB851 |
| MSN: | PH-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Milbertshofen-am-Hart (Bayern) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby |
| RAF Wickenby |
Mission to Munich. Took off from RAF Wickenby at 1833 hrs. Lost without trace. All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Fg Off Hanbidge RCAF was the son of Robert Leith Hanbidge QC of Kerrobert Saskatchewan. Flt Sgt Flaxman was 36, well above the average of operational aircrew.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Robert Donald Keith Hanbidge RCAF J/88499 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Robert Rickeard RAF 617244 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant George Flaxman RAFVR 1578541 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Henry Croucher RAFVR 1566946 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Noel Gordon Prescott RAFVR 1582098 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer John Gynane RCAF J/95297 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Grant Durnan RCAF J/95296 [Killed]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/PB8511945-01-08.html
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 38.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2013 02:41 | JINX | Added |
| 18-May-2016 16:16 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 19:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 28-Oct-2019 14:31 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 07-Jan-2024 07:53 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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