Lancaster LL647 Mk.II - Bombing Frankfurt Germany - 1944-03-22 to 1944-03-22
Squadron: 426 (B) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1944-03-22
Completion Date: 1944-03-22
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Frankfurt Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Linton-on-Ouse
Take Off Time: 19:01
Squadron Code: OW-R
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Germany
Crash Specifics: twenty-five miles east of Munster at Harsewinke
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim: unspecified multiple claims
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable

426 Thunderbird Squadron (On Wings of Fire), RAF Linton-on-Ouse. Lancaster II aircraft DS 741 OW-R was intercepted and shot down, outward-bound at 20,000 feet over the Ruhr during an operation against targets in Frankfurt, Germany by a night fighter. There are multiple night fighter pilot claims for this loss

The Lancaster crashed twenty-five miles east of Munster at Harsewinkel, Germany

Flying Officer EK Sears (RCAF), Pilot Officer JW MacLean (RCAF), Pilot Officer HG Wright (RCAF), Pilot Officer HH Gray (RCAF) and Sergeant L Pearson (RAFVR) were all killed in action

Flying Officer WJ Burrows (RCAF) and Flying Officer HF MacDonald (RCAF) survived and were taken Prisoners of War

unvetted Source 426 Squadron Lancaster II LL647 OW-R Frankfurt 1944

unvetted Source Aviation Safety Network

unvetted Source Martin "Tino" Becker claims 22 March 1944 - Luftwaffe and Allied ...

unvetted Source Lancaster OW-R - Guv's Stuff

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