ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 279710
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| Date: | Wednesday 14 March 1945 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DV298 |
| MSN: | SR-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Schermbeck, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ludford Magna |
Took off at 17:42 hrs for a bomber support operation to Dahlbruch, Hilchenbach (NRW).
Failed to return.
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Ian Macleod-Selkirk RAF 40549 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Frank Milton RAFVR 1586947 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Raymond Clifford Pitman RAFVR 163608 (NCO:1605792 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 11 April, 1944) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Geoffrey Winslow Hess RCAF J/10436 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Alexander Pringle RAFVR 1367312 [Killed]
Special Equipment Operator : Pilot Officer John Toy RAFVR 196992 (NCO:3050105 : Commission Gazetted Saturday 03 March, 1945) [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Frederick Walter Hughes RAFVR 1899158 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Ronald Hurley RAFVR 1892474 [Killed]
All now lie at Venray War Cemetery after Initially buried in Germany, reinterred at Margraten.
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T5379A
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1945
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Jun-2022 18:35 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 14-Mar-2024 07:44 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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