Squadron: (B) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1945-03-07
Completion Date: 1945-03-07
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Dessau Germany
Target Specific:
Base: Skipton-0n-Swale
Take Off Time: 16.45
Squadron Code: QB N
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Katlenhardt, Germany
Crash Specifics:
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason:
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
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526 Lancasters and 5 Mosquitoes of I, 3, 6 and 8 Groups. 18 Lancasters lost, 3·4 per cent of the force.
This was another devastating raid on a new target in Eastern Germany with the usual town centre, residential, industrial and railway areas all being hit. Few further details are available.
source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt
Lancaster aircraft NG 346 was shot down and crashed one mile south of Katlenhardt, Germany during a night trip to Dessau, Germany. FS.s G.W. Laut, P.W. Davies, J.W. Allan, D. Bellantino, P/O. J.A. Bellamy, and FS. P.Y. Yanai (RAF) were killed. One Canadian, F/O. Lighthall, was taken Prisoner Of War.
