Date:	Wednesday 30 August 1944
Time:	02:12 LT
Type:	Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:	12 Sqn RAF
Registration:	PD273
MSN:	PH-K
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Wofelsgrund, Stettin, Pommern (now Międzyodrze, Szczecin, PL) -   Germany
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Wickenby
Destination airport:	Stettin

Narrative:
Took off RAF Wickenby at 20:48 hrs for an operation against Stettin.
Claim by Lt Kurt Welter 10/JG300 - 25km NW-SW of Stettin (BJ-CJ): 4,800m at 02:12.
Also claimed by 2,3, 5 & 6/schw Flak Abt 616 and V/1/lei Flak Abt 850 (“Lancaster Im Elsbruch 3km South of Stettin 02:12”) Victory for Lt Welter confirmed on 27 December 1944.
Crew
Pilot: 1152591 Fg Off Joseph Harold Spurrs - PoW/Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang/PoW Number?
Flight Engineer: 1892568 Sgt Arthur Madelaine - PoW/Stalag Luft VII Bankau near Kreuzburg Upper Silesia/PoW Number 790.
Navigator: 148862 Fg Off John Cordner - PoW/Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang/PoW Number 5456.
Bomb Aimer: 153270 Plt Off Kenneth James Chambers - PoW/Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang/PoW Number 5454.
Wireless Operator: A/30590 Fg Off Peter Langford Albert Richardson RAAF - PoW/Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang/ PoW Number 5477.
Mid Upper Gunner: 1852960 Sgt Thomas Brian Dufty - Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery Plot 6 Row D Joint Grave 9.
Rear Gunner: 1798176 Sgt Thomas Dick - Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery Plot 6 Row D Joint Grave 9.

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
Google Maps
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal AirForce Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 403.
http://carrickfergusrollofhonour.blogspot.nl/2013/08/sergeant-thomas-dick-royal-airforce.html
CWGC
RAF Commands
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft

17 June 1943	ED629	12 Sqn RAF	7	Grote Heide, Neerpelt, Limburg		w/o
17 March 1945	PD275	12 Sqn RAF	6	Asbach		w/o

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
29-Aug-2013 15:32	JINX	Added
04-Jul-2016 16:37	Red Dragon	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
18-Oct-2018 19:12	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator]
18-Jun-2021 17:08	TigerTimon	Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
30-Jun-2022 10:21	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, Country]
30-Jun-2022 10:23	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]
28-Jun-2023 19:40	Anon.	Updated [[Location]]