Accident Avro Lancaster Mk X KB814,
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Date:Thursday 15 March 1945
Time:20:49-52 LT
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: KB814
MSN: VR-N
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Fischeln, Krefeld, 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.

'Nuts-2-U' was intercepted by a Junkers Ju 88 G-6 of Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 while homeward-bound.

Pilot P/O. C.W. Parrish 22 J/94893 RCAF KIA / Nederweert cemetery, the Netherlands
Flight Engineer Sgt. P.V. Bowman R/265181 RCAF / evaded capture
Navigator F/O. H.R.J. Hennessey 33 J/39288 RCAF KIA / Nederweert cemetery, the Netherlands
Bomb Aimer F/Sgt. C. Ginter R/218606 RCAF / evaded capture
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner P/O. C.H. Vickery J/94949 RCAF KIA / Nederweert cemetery, the Netherlands
Mid Upper Gunner Sgt. T.J. Bristow R/292668 RCAF / evaded capture
Rear Gunner P/O. M.W. Bredin J/94854 RCAF KIA / Nederweert cemetery, the Netherlands

Sources:

SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T5381A
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1945

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Jun-2022 06:59 TigerTimon Added
28-Jun-2022 07:00 TigerTimon Updated [Time]

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