ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 172516
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| Date: | Saturday 3 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | SW251 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Staffort, Bruchsal 18 km NNE of Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Spilsby, Lincolnshire |
Lancaster SW251 "KM-X" of 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron RAF failed to return on the nIght of 3 February 1945 from a raid on Karlsruhe, Germany. Took off at 19:48 hours local from RAF Spilsby, Lincolnshire on the evening of 2 February. The Lancaster came down at Staffort, Bruchsal, 18 km north-north-east Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Thomas Edward Gallivan RCAF J/11351 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Albert Balloch RAFVR 710349 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Oswald Walter Armstrong RCAF J/40427 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Lawrence Herbert Beaumont RCAF R/148844 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Stanley Jarvis Bowden RAFVR 1458696 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Edward Charles Dufresne RCAF R/262929 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Donald Wilfred Johnson RCAF R/274586 [Killed]
Sgt Balloch came from Broken Hill in Northern Rhodesia, while F/S Dufresne, aged 18, was amongst the youngest Canadians killed on Bomber Command operations. All 7 are interred in DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY, Joint grave 1. D. 22-23, along with the crew of Lancaster PA195 "KM-V" also of 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain 1985 p.16)
2. http://lancaster-archive.com/lanc_unknowncrashsites.pdf
3. http://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/SW2511945-02-03.html
4. http://www.cavillconnections.co.uk/44_B.html
5. http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2080488
6. http://www.lostaircraft.com/database.php?mode=viewentry&e=4992
7. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Dec-2014 18:34 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 26-Dec-2014 18:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Damage] |
| 26-Dec-2014 18:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 02-Feb-2024 07:50 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Feb-2024 07:51 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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