Accident Avro Lancaster Mk I PD394,
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Date:Thursday 15 February 1945
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:166 Sqn RAF
Registration: PD394
MSN: AS-P
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Culitzsch 8.5km south of Zwickau -   Germany
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Kirmington
Destination airport:RAF Kirmington
Narrative:
Probable claim by Oblt Engelbert Heiner 12/NJG6 – SW Chemnitz: 5,300m at 00:43. Aircraft exploded in mid air while on approach to the target and crashed at Culitzsch 8.5km south of Zwickau.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Dennis Stuart Kemp RCAF J/42491 : Commission Gazetted Friday 08 September, 1939) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant John McCreadie RAF 638686 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Edgar Charles Hill RAFVR 160743 (NCO:1192041 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 15 February, 1944) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Michael Arthur O'Callaghan RAFVR 164488 (NCO:1804573 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 20 June, 1944) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Warrant Officer Arthur George Flack RAFVR 1304368 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Neville Walter Oates RAFVR 1868430 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Frederick William Wakefield RAFVR 1853724 [Killed]

Sources:

Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command losses of the Second world war 1945 Page 77.
https://www.findagrave.com/page=gr&GSln=Kemp&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1945&GSdyrel=in&GScntry=8&GSob=n&GRid=18403959&df=all&
https://www.findagrave.com/
page=gr&GSln=McCreadie&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1945&GSdyrel=in&GScntry=8&GSob=n&GRid=18404270&df=all&
https://www.findagrave.com/page=gr&GSln=Hill&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1945&GSdyrel=in&GScntry=8&GSob=n&GRid=18403711&df=all&
https://www.findagrave.com/page=gr&GSln=O%27Callaghan&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1945&GSdyrel=in&GScntry=8&GSob=n&GRid=18404545&df=all&
https://www.findagrave.com/page=gr&GSln=Flack&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1945&GSdyrel=in&GScntry=8&GSob=n&GRid=18403369&df=all&
https://www.findagrave.com/page=gr&GSln=Oates&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1945&GSdyrel=in&GScntry=8&GSob=n&GRid=18404541&df=all&
https://www.findagrave.com/page=gr&GSln=Wakefield&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1945&GSdyrel=in&GScntry=8&GSob=n&GRid=18405346&df=all&
CWGC
166 Squadron
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
29-Aug-2013 20:16 JINX Added
26-May-2016 06:12 Red Dragon Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
06-May-2018 17:52 Red Dragon Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
29-Jun-2018 06:50 ehren69 Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
02-Nov-2018 18:19 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
14-Feb-2024 08:06 Rob Davis Updated [Narrative]

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