ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159039
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| Date: | Saturday 1 July 1944 |
| Time: | 01:36 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 625 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB126 |
| MSN: | CF-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lutz-en-Dunois, Eure-et-Loir département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kelstern |
Took off from RAF Kelstern at 22:10 to bomb the railway yards at Vierzon. Both gunners were buried at the crash site but their remains, it is reported were later exhumed by an American graves recovery unit. however, their whereabouts is not known and both airmen are commemorated respectively on Panels 259 and 218 of the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew
Flt LT J C ElmhIrst-Baxter RAF (Evaded)
Sgt J Blakey RAF (Evaded)
WO W J E King RAAF (Evaded)
Flt Sgt A J Foley RAF (Evaded)
Flt Sgt F O Evans RAAF (Evaded)
Flt Sgt W J Adcock RAAF (KIA)
Flt Sgt R Gledstone RAF (KIA)
*Oblt Franz Brinkhaus (6./NJG2) claimed claimed a four engined aircraft at Chateaudun.Time 01:36. This would be his 11th kill.
1944/312 625/PB126 Delete Flt Sgt W J Gladstone RAAF + and replace with Flt Sgt W J Adcock RAAF + [National Archives of Australia via Colin Bruggy, 13/11/08].
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 312.
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.evasioncomete.org/fblakeyj.html&prev=search
*Luftwaffe Night Fighter Combat Claims 1939-1945.
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 November 1943 | ED809 | 625 Sqn RAF | 7 | near 'Varenna' estate, Apeldoorn, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
| 25 March 1944 | ND641 | 625 Sqn RAF | 6 | Binnenveldsweg road, Tubbergen, Overijssel | |
w/o |
| 16 May 1944 | LL894 | 625 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea, 60 km WNW Sylyt |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2013 10:54 | JINX | Added |
| 28-Oct-2014 16:04 | MiG21 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 21-Jun-2016 16:04 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2018 13:03 | Scott Raymond | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 18:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 04-Jun-2021 15:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source] |
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