Accident Avro Lancaster Mk I W4858,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52058
 
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Date:Tuesday 30 March 1943
Time:05:15
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:12 Sqn RAF
Registration: W4858
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Charlois, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Wickenby
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Hit by Flak over the target and over Bremen.

Target: Berlin
Call Sign: PH-A
Takeoff time: 21:35
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant F W Pinkerton RAF 1028921 [Evaded]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Ronald George Irons RAF 1257644 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant Ian Cmpbell Clunas RAF 1452049 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant William Alexander Lees RAF 1341383 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Frank Morton RAFVR 1214528 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Norman Henry Stanley Williams RAF 1320597 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant George Charles William Warren RAFVR 1580874 [Killed]

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2152&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
29-Mar-2018 08:23 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
19-Oct-2018 18:38 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
13-Jun-2022 20:42 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
29-Mar-2024 07:54 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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