ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159487
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| Date: | Monday 11 December 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB799 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Irish Sea off Great Ormes Head -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fulbeck, Lincolnshire |
Loss of life amongst bomber crews was ever present even before actual operational tours were undertaken. That Saturday evening, 11 December, 1944 one such sad incident occurred. At 19.55 hours two Lancasters, flown by crews recently posted to 49 Squadron, took-off from Fulbeck. One was piloted by F/O John Branch RAAF, who recalls the tragedy:
"We arrived on squadron together with another fresh crew skippered by F/Lt Jerry Green. On the 11th, both of us were detailed to complete a cross-country and high level bombing exercise via Epperstone, Great Ormes Head, Cirencester, Norwich and finally back to base. During the flight our crew was confronted with a band of cu-nimbus cloud which I attempted to climb over. At 29,000 feet and icing up badly, we gave up and flew a reciprocal course. We eventually completed the exercise and landed safely at Fulbeck. It is my belief that F/Lt Green must have flown into that fatal wall of cloud."
F/Lt Green's aircraft and crew have never been found, and it is believed their aircraft came down in the Irish Sea off Great Ormes Head; the crew are remembered on the Runnymede Memorial.
Lancaster PB799 (EA-G)
F/L G.W. Green Pilot (Missing)
Sgt A. Blanchard (Missing)
Sgt E.C. Charles (Missing)
F/O H.H.S. Gwyer (Missing)
Sgt R.W. Henson (Missing)
Sgt J.A. Rudd (Missing)
Sgt H. Stobart (Missing)
Sources:
1. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
2. http://www.49squadron.co.uk/personnel_index/detail/Green_GW
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2013 02:15 | JINX | Added |
| 31-Dec-2014 01:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2015 10:12 | Comet123 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
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