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| Date: | Monday 6 September 1943 |
| Time: | 00:30 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LK636 |
| MSN: | ZL-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 200 metres from a surgical clinic in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 19:40 hrs local time for an operation against Mannheim in Baden-Württemberg.
The aircraft was hit by schwere (heavy) Flak, crashed & exploded.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Neville Egerton Fletcher RAFVR 1333953 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant George Stanley Wood RAFVR 1583465 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Frederick Philip Cavendis Walters RAF 858772 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant George Charles Tew RAFVR 1801167 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Raymond Sydney Johnson RAFVR 1212114 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Lorne Alfred Stemmler RCAF R/193107 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Terence Rochfort Fox RAF 864838 [Killed]
All seven rest in the Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany (47.778371 / 11.733537).
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LK636
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Aug-2020 18:47 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Aug-2020 18:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Jun-2024 11:23 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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