ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 171250
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| Date: | Saturday 28 August 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force (RAF) |
| Registration: | ED627 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Markung Hohenburg, district of Wolpertshausen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Langar |
The RAF Lancaster bomber was shot down by German Luftwaffe during a bombing raid on Nurnberg, Germany.
The entire crew perished in the crash.
PO. Arthur Marcus Fitzgerald - Pilot, aged 20
Sgt. Cyril Herbert Pratt - Navigator, aged 20
Sgt. Sydney James Mitchell - Flight Engineer, aged 38
Sgt. William Walter George Addison - WOp/AG, aged 21
Sgt. Henry Albert Toomey - Bomb Aimer, aged 22
Sgt. Stephen Preston - Air Gunner (Mid Upper), aged 20
Sgt. John Goodwin - Air Gunner (Rear), aged 20
R.I.P.
Sources:
http://lancastered627.shaunmcguire.co.uk/
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/neck-chain-found-near-lancaster-8105682
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Nov-2014 17:33 | gerard57 | Added |
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