ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244670
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| Date: | Tuesday 8 December 1942 |
| Time: | 21:44 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5570 |
| MSN: | EM-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Piazza d'Armi at Turin -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Langar, Nottinghamshire |
Takeoff at 17:47 hrs for a bombing operation against Turin.
The aircraft received a direct Flak hit of the 9./schwere Flak-Abteilung 453 (o) and crashed in flames.
Crew:-
Pilot : Wing Commander Francis George Levett Bain RAF 28259 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Cornelius Michael Hurley RAF 549735 [Killed]
Observer : Flight Lieutenant David Andrew Nicoll DFC RAF 45683 [Killed] (NCO:580699 Commission Gazetted : Friday 30 May, 1941)
Navigator : Sergeant William Howard Ellis RAFVR 1384878 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Walter Hingley RAFVR 1021212 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Roy Boardman RAF 610906 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Wallace Eugene Lodge RAAF Aus/407868 [Killed]
All lie in the Turin War Cemetery 45.485041 / 9.103598
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R5570
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 August 1942 | R5633 | 207 Sqn RAF | 7 | Drais, Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz |  |
w/o |
| 28 August 1942 | W4129 | 207 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Nov-2020 17:39 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 08-Dec-2023 12:08 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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