ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 172425
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| Date: | Friday 26 November 1943 |
| Time: | 21:43 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB527 |
| MSN: | PM-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 km northeast of Ahrensfelde, Brandenburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds, UK |
Crashed on a bombing operation to Berlin, Germany. Takeoff time: 17:28
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by heavy Flak of the 4./schwere Flak-Abteilung 123.
The entire crew of seven perished in the crash.
The deceased are buried at the Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery.
•F/O R.E.v.Pugh DFM KIA
•Sgt P.A.Barnes KIA
•F/P D.S.Thom RAAF KIA
•Sgt G.w.Prescott KIA
•F/O M.H.King KIA
•Sgt A.Mavromatis KIA
•F/O G.Booth KIA
R.I.P.
Sources:
http://www.mehrow.de/Geschichte/1900_bis_1945/RAF-Bomber/JB527_Lc_Nov43_Ahrensfelde.html
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB527
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 August 1944 | PB365 | 103 Sqn RAF | 8 | Turnerstraße 43, Torney, Stettin, Pommern (now Turzyn, Szczecin, PL) | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Dec-2014 14:01 | gerard57 | Added |
| 11-Feb-2015 13:44 | Komes123 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 26-Nov-2018 15:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Nov-2018 19:34 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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