ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159615
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| Date: | Thursday 8 March 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 576 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PD363 |
| MSN: | UL-K2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bauhofstrabe Dessau -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fiskerton |
Mission to Dessau. Took off from RAF Fiskerton at 1655 hrs. Heard on W/T at 2135 broadcasting wind speed and direction. All are buried on Choloy War Cemetery. Sgt Beales was 38, and as much was well above the average age of Bomber Command aircrew. The Lancaster had been given the name "Mighty Atom"
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer George Henry Paley RAFVR 179271 [Killed] (NCO:999121 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 29 August, 1944)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Ronald Beales RAFVR 1868744 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Reginald Peter Belshaw RAFVR 1586544 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Reginald Potter RAFVR 1023636 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant George Brodie Burns RAFVR 1629942 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Robert Black RAFVR 1594570 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Charles Spencer Mason RAFVR 1568576 [Killed]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 121.
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php%3Fid%3D7379%26PHPSESSID%3D0f5771df613613e7d26248a18dd6a606&prev=search
http://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/PD3631945-03-08.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 June 1944 | ME810 | 576 Sqn RAF | 7 | Arnhem, Gelderland |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2013 19:35 | JINX | Added |
| 29-May-2016 06:21 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2017 18:54 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code] |
| 26-Jun-2017 18:54 | harro | Updated [Embed code] |
| 07-Nov-2018 18:50 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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