ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159207
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| Date: | Friday 18 August 1944 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB363 |
| MSN: | PM-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Le Nieppe, Ruisscheure; département du Nord (target area) -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds |
Took off from RAF Elsham Wolds at 19:06 hrs to attack a flying bomb site at Le Nieppe.
Hit by Flak. Those who perished rest in Longuenesse (St-Omer) Souvenir Cemetery:
Plt off J P Austin (Killed on Active Service)
Sgt J J Halliday (PoW)
Sgt P J Potts (PoW)
Sgt N H A Osmond (PoW)
Sgt K G Webb (Killed on Active Service)
Sgt J F Wright (PoW)
Sgt S Hamilton (Killed on Active Service)
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Froce Bomber Command Losses of the Second World war 1944 Page 389.
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1480
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 January 1943 | W4335 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | Noorderhagen Enschede, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
| 3 August 1943 | ED645 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Hanstedt, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 6 September 1943 | LM343 | 103 Sqn RAF | 0 | vicinity of Cherbourg (presumably) | |
w/o |
| 25 May 1944 | ND624 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | Sistig, Kall, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 29 November 1944 | PB465 | 103 Sqn RAF | 6 | Near Cologne | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Aug-2013 16:59 | JINX | Added |
| 03-Jun-2015 07:18 | Weeks | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 03-Jul-2016 14:55 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2018 18:47 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2021 17:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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