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| Date: | Thursday 16 March 1944 |
| Time: | 03:05 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 625 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND637 |
| MSN: | CF-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Branston, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kelstern, Lincolnshire, |
Mid air collision with 463 Sqn Lancaster III ED606 JO-E while in circuit to land. All aboard perished in crash.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer John Percy Bulger RCAF J/85931 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 29 October, 1940) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Alfred William Aiston RAFVR 1532964 [Killed]
Navigator : Warrant Officer Class II Gordon Ivey RCAF R/150959 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Robert Roy Jones RCAF J/25514 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Dennis Hewitt RAFVR 1490563 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John Douglas Dadswell RAFVR 1678501 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Richard James Fettis RAFVR 1126142 [Killed]
Sources:
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=nd637&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2623776
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/bulger-john-percy2.html
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=ND637
https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/112539
https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/page163.html
Accident report from RCAF personnel files from DND Archives Canada
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Oct-2021 14:48 | tachel | Added |
| 09-Oct-2021 15:42 | tachel | Updated [Source] |
| 09-Oct-2021 15:43 | tachel | Updated [Category] |
| 15-Mar-2024 08:08 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 23-May-2024 18:09 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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