ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159589
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 January 1945 |
| Time: | 01:20 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 576 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PD309 |
| MSN: | UL-W2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Gembloux, Namur -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fiskerton |
| RAF Fiskerton |
Mission to Zeitz. Took off from RAF Fiskerton at 1745 hrs to bomb the Braunkohle-Benzin Synthetic - oil plant. Called on W/T at 0120 hrs, advising the Lancaster crew was over Belguim and about to be abandoned. All were later reported safe; Sgt Ainzstein requiring treatment for a broken ankle. It was further reported the crew had fought an engagement with two jet propelled aircraft and may have destroyed one.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Clarence Roy Pegg RAAF Aus/405811
Flight Engineer : Sergeant R Pearson RAF
Navigator : Flying Officer B Fitzpatrick RAAF
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer A R A Crameri RAAF
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant R Taylor RAAF
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Rubin Ainsztein RAF [Injured]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Arthur Alfred Shearer RAAF Aus/434371
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Follow links re PD309 http://www.fiskertonairfield.org.uk/photo_15.html
http://www.bapa.aero/Lancaster.htm
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 52.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 August 1944 | ME800 | 576 Sqn RAF | 0 | Agunnaryd, SE of Ljungby (Smaland) |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2013 16:40 | JINX | Added |
| 21-May-2016 16:15 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 18:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 13-Nov-2022 01:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 16-Jan-2024 08:04 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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