Lancaster ND462 Mk.III - Bombing Berlin Germany - 1944-01-30 to 1944-01-30
Squadron: 405 (PFF) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1944-01-30
Completion Date: 1944-01-30
Mission: Bombing
Operation: Battle of Berlin
Target City: Berlin Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Gransden Lodge
Take Off Time: 17:13:00
Squadron Code: LQ-J
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Germany
Crash Specifics: Loburg,17 km N of Zerbat
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery: unspecified
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable

405 Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus) Pathfinder Force RAF Gransden Lodge. Lancaster III aircraft ND 462 LQ-J was shot down by flak from 20,000 feet during an operation against targets in Berlin, Germany with the loss of the entire crew. The bomber crashed near Loburg a small town 17 km North of Zerbat, Germany

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Flight Lieutenant Warren Ainsley Roberts (RCAF), Pilot Officer Joseph Paul Roger Boileau (RCAF), Flying Officer Ernest Stuart Guiton (RCAF), Flying Officer Douglas Hackett DFC (RCAF), Flying Officer Arthur Bennett Schultz (RCAF), Warrant Officer Alan Hazlehurst (RAFVR) and Sergeant Ivan Edward Smedley (RAFVR) were all killed in action

Two other 405 Squadron Lancaster aircraft were lost on this operation. Please see aircraft serials ND 493 LQ-S and JA 924 LQ R for additional information on these aircraft and crews

unvetted Source Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database

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