ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210441
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 May 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5629 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dortmund area, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Possibly hit by heavy Flak of the 3./schwere Flak-Abteilung 524.
Target: Dortmund
Call Sign: OL-J
Takeoff time: 22:34
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant John Robert Leigh RAFVR 1077886 Killed
2nd Pilot : Wing Commander James Robert Gillman RAF 34042 Killed
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Frederic James Cleasby RAF 516664 Killed
Observer : Flying Officer Oliver Mansell Cornish RCAF J/10884 Killed
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Thomas Griffith RAFVR 1023959 Killed
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Fred Johnson RAFVR 1066778 Killed
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Douglas Harry Rock RAFVR 1236544 Killed
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Philip Ritchie Smith RAFVR 126613 (NCO:1543558 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 22 September, 1942) Killed
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/23939-R56291943-05-05.html
http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=83
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-May-2018 09:32 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 25-Jan-2024 19:18 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jan-2024 19:19 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source] |
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