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Date: | Saturday 31 March 1945 |
Time: | 09:07 |
Type: | Avro Lancaster B Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | KB869 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Hittfeld, 18 km south of Hamburg -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St. George, Co.Darlington |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Lancaster KB869: Took off 06:05hrs from RAF Middleton St.George to bomb the Blohm & Voss shipyards.
Shot down during raid on Hamburg by a Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter.
Crew:
Pilot : Flying Officer Donald Stuart Maxwell Bowes RCAF J/37559 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer John Rea RCAF J/94588 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant G R Berry RCAF R/86969 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer John Joseph Gladish RCAF J/39988 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Bruce Maclennan RCAF J/95550 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant R W Rowlands RCAF [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant W H Milne RCAF [PoW]
Sources:
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft KA100 - KZ999, published 1990
- Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Sep-2011 05:33 |
Uli Elch |
Added |
07-Sep-2011 02:49 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Source] |
26-May-2024 10:16 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
26-May-2024 10:18 |
Nepa |
Updated [Departure airport, Operator] |