ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210027
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| Date: | Thursday 29 April 1943 |
| Time: | 00:37 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM313 |
| MSN: | PH-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | NW of Kritzmow, 5 km SW of Rostock, Mecklenburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby |
Coned by searchlights of the Flakscheinwerfer-Regiment 78, hit by Flak of the 12./Flak-Regiment 25.
Operation: Gardening – mine-laying operations
crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Edward Frederick Tyler RAF 70691 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Kenneth William Jury RAFVR 1260533 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Frank Grant RAFVR 1474209 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer William James Dowdell RAFVR 132025 (NCO:1345190 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 27 April, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Norman Ernest Lind RAFVR 1386011 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Ronald Edward Haywood RAFVR 905022 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Henry Wilford RAFVR 935454 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/26926-LM3131943-04-29.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LM313
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 October 1943 | JB406 | 12 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Schwarmstedt, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 31 March 1944 | ND562 | 12 Sqn RAF | 8 | north of Holzheim, Mechernich, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 13 June 1944 | PA986 | 12 Sqn RAF | 7 | Mastenbroeker polder, Mastenbroek, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Apr-2018 12:12 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 19-Oct-2018 18:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 15-Nov-2018 08:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jul-2022 09:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 28-Apr-2024 06:52 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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