ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159081
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| Date: | Friday 20 October 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | PB152 |
| MSN: | AR-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Tubingen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook |
| Stuttgart |
Took off from RAF Binbrook at 16:55
WO Bain (RAAF) who became a POW later reported ‘A night fighter shot us up setting fire to the starboard engine. The order to abandon was given. I acknowledged but did not hear any of the others do so. I was first to leave the aircraft at about 15,000 feet. The aircraft was in a steep dive but still seemed under
control. Both the starboard engines were on fire. The aircraft was shot down and crashed approx 25 miles from Stuttgart. After parachuting I tried to make my way to France. I spent seven days walking through
forests and along the roads at night. I was captured when breaking into a house for food. I was informed that all the crew were killed.’
Claim by Lt Clemens Ostrowitzki 1/NJG6 - near Tubingen South West of Stuttgart: 4,500 m at 20:41.
Those who perished were initially buried in a communal grave at Doernach Cemetery.
Reinterred 20 August 1948.
Crew
Pilot: A/415940 Plt Off Peter Fontaine RAAF - Durnbach War Cemetery Plot 8 Row C Collective Grave 26-30
Flight Engineer: Sgt Arthur Langley Chisman - Durnbach War Cemetery Plot 8 Row E Grave 26
Navigator: A/412879 WO Reginald George Bain RAAF - PoW/Stalag Luft 7 Bankau near Kreulberg
Upper Silesia/Stalag Luft 3A Luckenwalde/PoW Number 1091
Bomb Aimer: A/437314 Fg Off Charles Gordon Middleton RAAF - Durnbach War Cemetery Plot 8 Row C
Collective Grave 26-30
Wireless Operator: A/427929 Flt Sgt George Henry Newman RAAF - Durnbach War Cemetery Plot 8 Row C Collective Grave 26-30
Air Gunner: A/421870 WO Reginald Arthur Krutli RAAF - Durnbach War Cemetery Plot 8 Row C
Collective Grave 26-30
Air Gunner: A/430890 Flt Sgt Edward Joseph Kenealy RAAF - Durnbach War Cemetery Plot 8 Row C
Collective Grave 26-30
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 5 - Theo Boiten
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2013 13:40 | JINX | Added |
| 04-Jun-2015 08:02 | INV | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 13-Feb-2022 19:17 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Aug-2023 09:23 | Anon. | Updated [[Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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