ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158510
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 July 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PA968 |
| MSN: | VN-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Callac and Porcherais at Pontchâteau (Loire-Atlantique) -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthorpe |
Took off from RAF Skellingthorpe at 22:18 to bomb an oil depot at Donges.
The aircraft was shot down by Flak; crashed at Pontchâteau (Loire-Atlantique), a small town 19 km NE of St-Nazaire. All rest in Pontchâteau Communal Cemetery:
Plt Off C B Haaland RCAF (KIA)
Sgt R Craig (KIA)
Sgt J L Nelson RCAF (KIA)
Fg Off S J Sullivan RCAF (KIA)
Sgt W J B Doughty (KIA)
Sgt N Gronbeck RCAF (KIA)
Sgt G F Finch RCAF (KIA)
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 351.
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1425
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 September 1943 | EE189 | 50 Sqn RAF | 6 | Groß Förste, Giesen, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 9 April 1945 | NG342 | 50 Sqn RAF | 7 | Wollingst | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2013 06:24 | JINX | Added |
| 26-Jun-2016 14:37 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2018 18:50 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 07-Jun-2021 17:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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