ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159522
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 January 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 514 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB906 |
| MSN: | JI-B2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nieuw Dordrecht, Drenthe -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waterbeach |
| RAF Waterbeach |
Mission to Wanne-Eickel. Took off from RAF Waterbeach at 2312 hrs to bomb a benzol plant. Lost without trace. All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer George Davidson Orr RAFVR 150425 [Killed] (NCO:1339926 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 20 July, 1943)
2nd Pilot : Flying Officer Merlin Leigh Matkin RCAF J/37099 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Roy Werrill RAFVR 2205575 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant James Bryson RAFVR 1670036 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Thomas Frederick Wilcox RAF 591822 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Anthony McGlone RAFVR 642488 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Henry Edward Bishop RAFVR 1291345 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant George Spencer RAFVR 937528 [Killed]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
www.514squadron.co.uk/. See losses.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 52.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 March 1944 | LL684 | 514 Sqn RAF | 5 | west of the Kamerlingswijk road at Zwartemeer, Drenthe | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2013 08:13 | JINX | Added |
| 21-May-2016 16:15 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 14:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 18-Jun-2022 01:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 16-Jan-2024 08:03 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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