Crash report

Crash report

Lists details of Peter Jenkinson's aircraft, date, squadron, base, place of crash, names of crew.

One page printed form handwritten filled in mounted on an album page

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[Details of Peter Jenkinson's aircraft, date, squadron, base, place of crash, names of crew]
[underlined]CRASH REPORT[/underlined]
Nationality: British.
Air Force: Royal Air Force Bomber Command.
Date of mission: 28/29 January 1945.
Target: Stuttgart.
Squadron: 153.
Group: 1.
Airbase: Scampton Lincolnshire.
Type of aircraft: Avro Lancaster BIII.
Code-No.: P4-.
Serial No.: PB638.
Time of start:
Bomb load:
Time of crash:
Description of the place of crash: At Michelbach (part of Aglasterhausen) E-Heidelberg.
Place of crash:
Cause of crash: shot down by German nightfighter.
Description of the crash:
Destroyer:
Crew: 7 men.
Fl/Off JONES, OWEN, MEREDITH, CLEMENT. DFC. PILOT – KILLED 5.H.19.
FL/SGT DORMER, JOHN, FRANCIS. NAVIGATOR – KILLED 5.H.22.
FL/SGT FLETCHER, EDWARD, WALTER. AIR BOMBER – KILLED 5.H.21.
FL/SGT JENKINSON, PETER, RAEBURN. DFM. FLIGHT ENGINEER – KILLED 5.H.20.
FL/SGT MILBURN, JOHN, WILSON. WIRELESS OPERATOR – KILLED 5.H.25.
FL/SGT COLES, JAMES. AIR GUNNER – KILLED 5.H.23.
FL/SGT FERGUSON, HAROLD. AIR GUNNER – KILLED 5.H.24.
Where are information’s about the aircraft and the crash?

Durnbach War Cemetery Registration Book.
Letter of RAF 5a Ministry of Defence.