ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159612
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| Date: | Friday 2 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PD346 |
| MSN: | VN-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | NNW of Siegen -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthrope |
| RAF Skellingthorpe |
Mission to Siegen. Took off from RAF Skellingthorpe at 1638 hrs. Those who died are buried in Rheinburg War Cemetery.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Charles Ridley Fairbairn DFC RAAF Aus/419988 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Jack Pannett RAFVR 1592609 [Killed]
Navigator: Flying Officer John Stanley Edward Locock RAFVR [Killed]
Crew : Sergeant C E Atkins RAF [PoW]
Crew : Flying Officer Allen Berkeley Fitzhardinge RAAF Aus/424293 [Killed]
Crew : Flight Sergeant N G Jones RAF [PoW]
Crew : Warrant Officer Barry Sydney Smith RAAF Aus/424471 [Killed]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Follow Link :- https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/PD3461945-02-02.html
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 57.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 September 1944 | ME700 | 50 Sqn RAF | 4 | Welsummerweg road, Dalfsen, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2013 19:27 | JINX | Added |
| 23-May-2016 06:38 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2018 14:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Jun-2023 17:02 | lpm | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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