ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50704
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| Date: | Monday 23 October 1944 |
| Time: | 13:15 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM645 |
| MSN: | KM-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Vlissingen, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Spilsby, Lincs. |
Aircraft took off at 15:11 on a daylight raid, and crashed in the target area on Vlissingen ops.
The crew are buried in Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Henry Alfred Scott Russell RAFVR 160216 [Killed] (NCO:778936 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 03 October, 1944)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Cyril Leeming RAFVR 1592493 [Killed]
Navigator : Warrant Officer Charles Edgar Towill RAFVR 1498162 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Thomas Arthur Dennett RAFVR 1549174 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Warrant Officer Robert George Abraham RAFVR 1186223 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant James Morley RAFVR 1593856 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Ernest Campbell RAF 536164 [Killed]
Sources:
http://www.cavillconnections.co.uk/44%20losses%20A.htm
http://www.lancaster-archive.com/lanc_losses%20oct44.pdf
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4568&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 April 1942 | R5506 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 7 | Near Ormes (Eure) 14km WNW of Erveux |  |
w/o |
| 9 May 1942 | R5555 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 8 | Lambrechtshagen, Rostock, Mecklenburg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Sep-2010 05:28 | nigsby | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Dec-2011 05:13 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jan-2013 07:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2013 16:33 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 10-Oct-2019 17:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
| 12-Aug-2023 12:40 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source]] |
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