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Date: | Thursday 29 April 1943 |
Time: | 00:37 |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | LM313 |
MSN: | PH-D |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | NW of Kritzmow, 5 km SW of Rostock, Mecklenburg -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Coned by searchlights of the Flakscheinwerfer-Regiment 78, hit by Flak of the 12./Flak-Regiment 25.
Operation: Gardening – mine-laying operations
crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Edward Frederick Tyler RAF 70691 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Kenneth William Jury RAFVR 1260533 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Frank Grant RAFVR 1474209 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer William James Dowdell RAFVR 132025 (NCO:1345190 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 27 April, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Norman Ernest Lind RAFVR 1386011 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Ronald Edward Haywood RAFVR 905022 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Henry Wilford RAFVR 935454 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/26926-LM3131943-04-29.html http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LM313 Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Apr-2018 12:12 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
19-Oct-2018 18:39 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
15-Nov-2018 08:18 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
04-Jul-2022 09:18 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
28-Apr-2024 06:52 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |