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Date: | Wednesday 14 March 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | PB741 |
MSN: | AA-E |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Hattingen -
Germany
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Mepal |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Missing on mission to Hattingen. HIT BY AAA 14MAR45, HEINRICH HUTTE OIL PLANT. AA-E. 5KIA, 2MIA. Took off from RAF Mepal at 1348 hrs for a G-H strike on a Benzol plant at Heinrich Hutte.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Eric George Parsons RAF 185301 (NCO:1393195 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 November, 1944) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Charles Albert Longstaff RAFVR 1595982 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant William Phinn RAFVR 1684789 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Francis Henry Ebbage RAFVR 1615600 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Eric Ramsay RAFVR 2205987 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John Lawrence Beard RAFVR 3006185 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant John Nichol RAFVR 1670779 [Killed]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
NZDF-SERIALS New Zealand Military Aircraft Serials & History Avro Lancaster Mk I/I/III 75 (NZ) Squadron
https://www.backtonormandy.org/maps/maps-1945/march-45/225-overview-day-by-day-1945-03/3360-13-03-45.html Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 126.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._75_Squadron_RAF Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Aug-2013 20:19 |
JINX |
Added |
30-May-2016 04:14 |
Red Dragon |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
10-Jan-2018 15:51 |
angels one five |
Updated [Operator, Source] |
27-Oct-2018 19:40 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
21-Apr-2020 06:43 |
Anon. |
Updated [Narrative] |
14-Mar-2024 07:41 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |