ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159609
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| Date: | Monday 16 October 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 90 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PD341 |
| MSN: | WP-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 4km North of the village Lutetsburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tuddenham |
| Wilhelmshaven |
Took off from RAF Tuddenham at 17:26.
Hit by Flak of II Marine Flak Brigade (Wilhelmshaven). Crashed 4km North of Lutetsburg near Norden at 19:49.
Fg Off Clayden & Flt Sgt Pollard were initially buried in Hage Cemetery. Reinterred 5 April 1947.
Sgt Lamb, Sgt Ramsbottom, Sgt Buckley, Sgt Cooling and Sgt Andrews were initially buried in Heldenfriedhof Wittmund. Reinterred 5 April 1947.
Crew
Pilot: 179031 Fg Off Frank Arthur Clayden - Sage War Cemetery Plot 13 Row B Grave 7.
Flight Engineer: 2210406 Sgt Eric Ramsbottom - Sage War Cemetery Plot 3 Row D Grave 5.
Navigator: 1549199 Sgt John Cooling - Sage War Cemetery Plot 3 Row D Joint Grave 1-1A.
Bomb Aimer: 1580378 Sgt Noel Buckley - Sage War Cemetery Plot 3 Row D Grave 2.
Wireless Operator: 1135505 Flt Sgt Charles Leslie Pollard - Sage War Cemetery Plot 13 Row B Grave 8.
Mid Upper Gunner: 3040171 Sgt Gerald Lamb - Sage War Cemetery Plot 3 Row D Grave 4.
Rear Gunner: 533383 Sgt Leslie Arthur Andrews - Sage War Cemetery Plot 3 Row D Joint Grave
1-1A.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 Part 4 - Theo Boiten
CWGC
RAF Bomber Command Losses 1944 - W R Chorley
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 June 1944 | LM158 | 90 Sqn RAF | 6 | Soerense Zand at Eerbeek, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2013 19:22 | JINX | Added |
| 31-Oct-2018 19:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 22-Oct-2023 16:47 | Anon. | Updated [[Operator, Location, Operator]] |
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