ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 195480
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| Date: | Monday 21 February 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB312 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Bourn -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Bourn |
The plane crashed 300 yards short of the runway at Bourn on return from an bombing operation to Stuttgart, Germany with the loss of all on board.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Roderick Stanley (Derick) Emerson RAFVR 66558 (NCO:1379641 : Commission Gazetted Friday 13 June, 1941) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant Albert Joseph Newell RAF 647142 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Irwin Worth RAAF Aus/415713 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer John Arthur Bartholomew RAF 53826 (NCO:580875 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 11 January, 1944) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Warrant Officer Class I Robert James Dickie RCAF R/72665 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Geoffrey Walter Wood RAFVR 1810692 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant William Garfield Duncan RAFVR 1105973 [Killed]
Sources:
http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=97
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?739-Loss-of-Lancaster-JB-312-A
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-May-2017 09:32 | gerard57 | Added |
| 10-Nov-2018 22:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 10-Feb-2024 10:22 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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