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Date: | Thursday 8 July 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | JB641 |
MSN: | ZN-X |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Quetteville (Calvados) 12 km ENE from Pont-l'Evêque -
France
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Metheringham |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 22:30 hrs for an operation against a flying bomb site at Saint-Leu-d'Esserent.
The aircraft failed to return. All onboard perished.
Crew:
Pilot: 150238 Flight Lieutenant Frederick Cecil Walter Clement DFC (RAFVR)
Navigator: 151361 Flying Officer William Bertram Wilkinson DFC (RAFVR)
Bomb Aimer: J/25073 Flying Officer Norman Vincent Gautschi DFC (RCAF)
Flight Engineer: 1821453 Sergeant John Matthew McLachlan (RAFVR)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1538445 Sergeant Ralph Desmond Potter (RAFVR)
Air Gunner: 1589924 Flight Sergeant James Balmer (RAFVR)
Air Gunner: 1891238 Sergeant James Palmer (RAFVR)
Sources:
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=JB641 http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=jb641&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact Accident/loss report from RCAF/DND Canada archives
Personnel file of the Bomb AImer F/O Gantschi
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Oct-2022 21:35 |
tachel |
Added |
10-Oct-2022 22:06 |
tachel |
Updated [Narrative] |