ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159573
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| Date: | Thursday 8 March 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PD268 |
| MSN: | SR-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ludford Magna |
Mission to Dessau. Took off from RAF Ludford Magna at 1708 hrs. Lost without trace. All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Sgt Mahr RCAF was responsible for the specialist equipment. Although it is not specifically mentioned, it is possible the crew had been tasked for ABC duties, this being a Squadron commitment until May 1945.
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Montgomery Vincent Gibbon AFC RAF 29136 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Warrant Officer Ivor Hexter Bond RAF 551269 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Roy Thomas Gawthorp RAFVR 165666 [Killed] (NCO:1807136 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 10 October, 1944)
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant William Canning RAFVR 1795481 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Leslie Frederick Tyrrell RAFVR 1607381 [Killed]
Special Equipment Operator : Pilot Officer Rudolph Walter Mahr RCAF J/95545 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Alfred Francis Matthews RAFVR 1897604 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Charles Edwin Preston RAFVR 1833038 [Killed]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 117.
http://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/PD2681945-03-08.html?tmpl=component&mapinfo=1
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 June 1943 | W4311 | 101 Sqn RAF | 7 | Maas river near Grubbenvorst, Limburg |  |
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| 20 January 1944 | LM387 | 101 Sqn RAF | 8 | 6 km SW of Grabow, Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim, Mecklenburg |  |
w/o |
| 13 August 1944 | DV292 | 101 Sqn RAF | 8 | Brockum, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2013 15:30 | JINX | Added |
| 03-Jun-2015 07:28 | Weeks | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 29-May-2016 06:21 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-May-2016 16:31 | Red Dragon | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 09-Oct-2018 05:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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