ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159554
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| Date: | Saturday 17 March 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 467 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | PD231 |
| MSN: | PO-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Aufstetten near Würzburg (Bayern) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington |
Mission to Wurzburg. 2. Took off from RAF Waddington at 1746. Crashed, when roughly five minutes flying time from the target, in a wood some 500 meters SW of Aufstetten and 4 km NE of the small town of Rottingen and 7 km NNW from Creylingen. Those who died are buried in Durnbach War Cemetery.
Crew :-
Pilot : Flying Officer Edwin William Thomas RAAF Aus/410180 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Thomas Helstrip RAFVR 1594806 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer George Moses RAAF Aus/432534 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant James Love Isles RAAF Aus/424866 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Warrant Officer Maxwell Ernest Margules RAAF Aus/423801 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Ronald William Henry Smith RAFVR 1603454 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant B A Davies RAF [PoW]
Sources:
1. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
2. http://www.backtonormandy.org/maps/maps-1945/march-45/225-overview-day-by-day-1945-03/3364-17-03-45.html
3. aircrewremembered.com
4. Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 134.
5. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 May 1944 | ED657 | 467 Sqn RAAF | 7 | Burgemeester Peetersweg road at Nunhem, Limburg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2013 15:13 | JINX | Added |
| 15-Dec-2014 09:41 | Earl | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 31-May-2016 17:02 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2019 17:13 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2019 20:06 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 16-Mar-2024 07:29 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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