ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159176
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| Date: | Sunday 27 August 1944 |
| Time: | 03:27 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB292 |
| MSN: | OL-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Høgsholt, Vejle, Syddanmark -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
| Konigsberg |
Takeoff at 20:30 hrs for an operation against Königsberg (modern Kaliningrad in Russia).
The aircraft was shot down by Ofhr. Gerhard Wartenborger of the 4./NJG 3, who was flying from Gütersloh airfield in Germany.
Three bodies were found among the wreckage and one was found in a machinegun turret near Leerbæk Gård farm. A fifth flyer was found near Fruens Møllested with a hole in the deployed parachute.
The Danish police found Airbomber W/O Raymond (Ray) E. Page unharmed not far from the crashsite and took him to the police station in Vejle from where the Germans collected him.
Those who perished were initially buried at Vandel Airfield Denmark. Reinterred 8 September 1946.
Crew
Pilot: 42775 Sqn Ldr James Victor Verran DFC* MiD (New Zealand) - PoW/Stalag 9C Muhlhausen PoW Number?
Engineer: 128053 Sqn Ldr Albert Sydney Perkins DFC - Randbol Churchyard Grave 242.
Bomb Aimer: 1578086 WO Raymond Ernest Page - PoW/Stalag Luft VII Bankau near Kreuzburg
Upper Silesia/Stalag IIIA Luckenwalde/POW Number 8021.
Wireless Operator: 997285 Flt Sgt Alwyn Victor Howarth - Randbol Churchyard Joint Grave 245.
Mid Upper Gunner: 50286 Flt Lt William Elmslie Frew DFC MiD - Randbol Churchyard Grave 343.
Rear Gunner: A/426768 Plt Off Keith George Tennent RAAF - Randbol Churchyard Grave 244.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
http://www.flensted.eu.com/1944106.shtml
Google Maps
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/08/12/db1202.xml&sSheet=/portal/2004/08/12/ixportal.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 July 1942 | R5619 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea W of Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant |  |
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| 31 December 1942 | W4799 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | between Demen and Ravenstein, Noord-Brabant | |
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| 20 February 1944 | ND448 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Bad Belzig, Brandenburg |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Aug-2013 08:25 | JINX | Added |
| 09-Nov-2018 16:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 16-Jun-2021 18:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2023 17:44 | Anon. | Updated [[Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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