ME323 PH-P
| Code letters | PH-P |
|---|---|
| Squadron | No. 12 Squadron |
| Fate | Lost on operations |
| Lost | 4 March 1945 |
Notes
Lancaster ME323 (PH-P) of No. 12 Squadron left Wickenby on 3 March 1945 for a night training flight. Returning over the Humber it was caught by a Luftwaffe intruder of NJG5 during Operation Gisela — the mass night-fighter infiltration of the returning bomber stream — and shot down at about 01:08, crashing between Stockwith and Blyton. All seven crew were killed.
Operations flown
Non-operational flight — Crashed on return
Crew: Walter Noel Pridmore (Bomb aimer) · Thomas McCaffray (Flight engineer) · Alexander Harold Weston (Mid-upper gunner) · Ronald Leslie Horstmann (Navigator) · Arthur Glyndwyr Thomas (Pilot) · Alan Cryer (Rear gunner) · George Edward Davis (Wireless operator)
Source: Memorial to Lancaster ME323, 12 Squadron (Geograph / Adrian S Pye) →