Lancaster Mk.III ND 644 — Bombing Nuremberg Germany — 1945-03-16 to 1945-03-16

Squadron: (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date:1945-03-16
Completion Date:1945-03-16
Mission:Bombing
Operation:unspecified
Target City:Nuremberg Germany
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Base:Grimsby
Take Off Time:17.56
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Crash Latitude:0.000000000
Crash Longitude:0.000000000
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6 Group Unavailable

Events

Took off from Grimsby at 17:56 in Lancaster Mark III (Sqn code: HW-N Bomber Command).

Shot down near Kraftshof some 8 km NNW from Nuremburg Bahnhof.

Five killed in crash: Flight Sergeant Lyle Eugene Bedell RCAF R/274955 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery 7. B. 10. Flying Officer George Alfred Osborn Dauphinee RCAF J/41839 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery 8. A. 23. Flight Sergeant Mervyn Ronald Jeffrey RAF 337545 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery 5. H. 27. Flight Sergeant William Harvey Johnson RCAF R/134935 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery 8. A. 24. Flying Officer William Richard Vale RCAF J/42694 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery.

Two POW,: Pilot Officer Royston Stanley Bailey RAF 178374 POW. Camp not identified. And Flying Officer D B Douglas camp not identified.

General 6 Group Bomber Command

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