ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 246709
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| Date: | Friday 16 March 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 625 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NG169 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | south of Bastenau -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kelstern, Lincolnshire |
Shot down during a bombing raid on Nuremberg, Germany.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Ernest Frank Seear RAFVR 188180 (NCO:946817 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 02 January, 1945) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Eric Gordon Wilson RAFVR 1806521 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Gwilym John Arthur Kenvin RAF 612923 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Kenneth John Holmes RAFVR 1604724 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant John Faucet Logan RAFVR 1823610 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Edmund Kenneth Day RAFVR 1899663 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Horace Smither RAFVR 1893583 [Killed]
Sources:
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/seear-ernest-frank-1.html
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=71
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jan-2021 11:55 | gerard57 | Added |
| 22-Feb-2021 14:40 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 16-Mar-2024 07:32 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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