ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159505
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| Date: | Thursday 8 March 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB852 |
| MSN: | DX-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Kirkby |
Mission to Harburg. Took off from RAF East Kirkby at 1825 hrs to bomb oil installations. Lost without trace. All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Charles William Baush RAFVR 183825 [Killed] (NCO:859241 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 10 October, 1944)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Thomas Norman Dunlop RAFVR 1798048 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Norman Cooper RAFVR 1604766 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant John Ernest Thompson RAFVR 1458564 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Donald Stuart Whitehouse RAFVR 2201639 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant John Leslie Stone RAFVR 958686 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Warrant Officer Donald Forbes RAFVR 1319950 [Killed]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air bomber command losses of the Second world War 1945 Page 117.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2013 02:41 | JINX | Added |
| 29-May-2016 16:29 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Mar-2018 14:30 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 18:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
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