ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50965
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| Date: | Sunday 30 January 1944 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND336 |
| MSN: | ZN-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea - |
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Metheringham |
| Berlin |
Took off from RAF Metheringham at 1719. Crashed into the North Sea. On 5 March 1944 Plt Off Kirkland RAAF was found on the northern shores off Vlieland in the Dutch Frisian Islands chain. He was lain to rest the next day in the island's general cemetery. His crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Kenneth Herbert William Kirkland RAAF Aus/412972 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant William George Mann RAFVR 1584717 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Kenneth Walter Barry RAFVR 1490130 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer John Inston RAFVR 151635 (NCO:1394542 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 25 May, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Donald Naylor RAFVR 1433131 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Robert John Winfindale RAFVR 2208906 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Robert John Charters RAFVR 1348547 [Killed]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3341&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 67.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Jun-2016 14:15 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2018 21:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 18-Dec-2019 10:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Country, Phase, Source] |
| 30-Jan-2024 07:52 | Rob Davis | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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