Accident Avro Lancaster Mk X KB870,
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Date:Thursday 15 March 1945
Time:20:49-21:20
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk X
Owner/operator:419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF
Registration: KB870
MSN: VR-K
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Mönchengladbach (München-Gladbach); Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Middleton St George, Durham
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 16:27 hrs for a bombing operation against Hagen.

Homeward-bound, intercepted by a Junkers Ju 88 G-6 of Nachtjagdgeschwader 2.

Pilot / F/Lt. M.W. McLaughlin J/16138 RCAF / wounded
Flight Engineer / F/Sgt. W.W. Lightfoot R/107563 RCAF / wounded
Navigator / F/O. H.L. Garriock 27 J/19068 RCAF KIA / Nederweert cemetery, the Netherlands / Initially buried Margraten
Bomb Aimer / F/O. B.V. Saunders J/85369 RCAF / wounded
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / P/O. A. Sutherland 22 J/95519 RCAF KIA / Nederweert cemetery, the Netherlands / Initially buried Margraten
Mid Upper Gunner / P/O. J.M Charbonneau J/87585 RCAF / wounded
Rear Gunner / F/O. E.B. Carleton 22 J/88306 RCAF KIA / Nederweert cemetery, the Netherlands / Initially buried Margraten

Sources:

SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T5381B
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1945

Revision history:

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