ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158508
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| Date: | Friday 8 September 1944 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | PA970 |
| MSN: | LQ-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Le Havre area; Seine-Maritime département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gransdon Lodge |
Shot down by German Flak over Le Havre, France. All crew bailed out and made it to friendly lines except Rear Gunner who was captured but liberated by advancing allied troops merely 4 days later on the 12th.
Pilot: J/4898 W/C Howard Allan Morrison, DSO, DFC, AFC, (RCAF)
Navigator: J/24216 F/L Linton Wilson Queale, DFC, (RCAF)
Air Bomber: J/19400 F/L Ross Bernard Baroni, (RCAF)
Radar Operator: J/26343 F/L Reginald Arthur Swartz, DFC & bar, (RCAF)
Flight Engineer: 1604454 F/Sgt, R. A. W. Marsham, (RAFVR)
Wireless Op & Air Gunner: R/154763 WO2 G. J. D'Arcy, (RCAF)
Mid Upper Gunner: R/191174 F/Sgt, R. Boredo, (RCAF)
Rear Gunner: R/132761 WO2 Waclas Kubiak (RCAF)
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
https://forum.keypublishing.com/forum/historic-aviation/72173-ident-for-lancaster-lost-at-le-harve-sept-44
http://rcafassociation.ca/heritage/search-awards/?search=4898&searchfield=servicenumber&type=all
https://www.blatherwick.net/documents/Korean%20War%20Honours%20to%20Canadians/RCAF%20Awards%20for%20Korea.pdf
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RCAF/405_wwII.html
https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1491
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2013 06:24 | JINX | Added |
| 03-Jun-2015 07:42 | AlLah | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 25-Aug-2019 18:37 | tachel | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2019 19:58 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 26-Dec-2020 18:45 | Dr.Roup | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 19-Jun-2021 07:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
| 19-Jun-2021 07:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
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