ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210049
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| Date: | Thursday 29 April 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4954 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ostswine auf Usedom, Pomerania [now Poland] -
 Poland
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby |
Hit by Swinemünde-based Flak.
Operation: Gardening – mine-laying operations
Target areaa: Spinach
Call Sign: PH-V
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Ronald Hugh Ashton RAF 41814 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 28 November, 1939) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Arthur Goodhand RAFVR 1101483 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Edwin George Buscombe RAFVR 1317349 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant John Mackintosh RAFVR 1430161 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Maurice Savage RAFVR 1080386 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant John Stephen Huggard RAAF Aus/35488 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Peter Lees RAFVR 1578183 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/26928-W49541943-04-29.html
http://www.207squadron.rafinfo.org.uk/lemvig/
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Apr-2018 17:37 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 28-Jun-2018 13:18 | ehren69 | Updated [Location, Country] |
| 19-Oct-2018 18:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 28-Apr-2024 06:52 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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