ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159127
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| Date: | Wednesday 30 August 1944 |
| Time: | 00:01 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 582 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB202 |
| MSN: | 60-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vorupør, Thisted, Nordjylland -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Little Staughton |
Missing on mission to Stettin.
Shot down by a JU88 an crashed almost vertically.
submitted by son of navigator
The crew were: Pilot Sqn Ldr. Allan Leonard Farrington 40046. Son of Cyril Hawley Farrington and Ellie Farrington. Married to Alison Jean Farrington nee Barbour of Balgowlah, Sydney, Australian.
Flight Engineer F/O George R. Bradley DFM 53275.
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner P/O Henry Silverwood DFM 56185. 24 years old. Son of Arthus and Mary Jerome Silverwood of Shipley, Yorkshire.
Mid upper Gunner F/Sgt Douglas Edward John Stevens 1576847. 20 years old. Son of John Richard and Sarah Stevens of Yardley, Birmingham. Married to Winifred Stevens.
Rear gunner F/O Charles Fullerton Steward DFM 169048. 22 years old. Son of William and Sarah Black Steward of Clogher, Co. Tyrone.
Navigator F/Lt Alfred Carman Strout (RCAF) J/9481 of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada.
Navigator F/Lt Lorne Vincent Tyndale (RCAF) J/13758 of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Crew buried Nørre Vorupør Vestre cemetery, Denmark.
Unteroffizier Bruno Rupp (4./NJG 3) claimed a four engined aircraft - Forby Heath W of Thisted (JR-35 Himmelbett) 3,600 meters at 00:01. He had been scrambled in Junkers Ju 88 G-1 D5+AM from Grove at 22:52 hrs for a Himmelbett patrol in Raum Habicht.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
http://www.flensted.eu.com/1944122.shtml
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2013 21:02 | JINX | Added |
| 06-Nov-2013 07:34 | styndale | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Narrative] |
| 27-Feb-2014 07:13 | Masen63 | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jul-2016 17:09 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2018 21:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 18-Jun-2021 18:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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