Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III ND637,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 268436
 
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Date:Thursday 16 March 1944
Time:03:05
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:625 Sqn RAF
Registration: ND637
MSN: CF-L
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Near Branston, Lincolnshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Kelstern
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mid air collision with 463 Sqn Lancaster III ED606 JO-E while in circuit to land. All aboard perished in crash.

Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer John Percy Bulger RCAF J/85931 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 29 October, 1940) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Alfred William Aiston RAFVR 1532964 [Killed]
Navigator : Warrant Officer Class II Gordon Ivey RCAF R/150959 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Robert Roy Jones RCAF J/25514 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Dennis Hewitt RAFVR 1490563 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John Douglas Dadswell RAFVR 1678501 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Richard James Fettis RAFVR 1126142 [Killed]

Sources:

http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=nd637&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2623776
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/bulger-john-percy2.html
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=ND637
https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/112539
https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/page163.html
Accident report from RCAF personnel files from DND Archives Canada
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Oct-2021 14:48 tachel Added
09-Oct-2021 15:42 tachel Updated [Source]
09-Oct-2021 15:43 tachel Updated [Category]
15-Mar-2024 08:08 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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