ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 172517
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Date: | Tuesday 10 April 1945 |
Time: | overnight |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 619 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | SW254 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Löberitz, 4 km NE of Zoerbig, 17 km NE of Halle -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Strubby, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Lancaster B.1 SW254 "PG-S" of 619 Sqn was airborne at 18:31 on 10 April 1945 from RAF Strubby, Lincolnshire, to bomb the railway yards in Leipzig. A message which received from the aircraft 13 minutes before the time of the attack that they had no information to pass, as the aircraft which detailed for wind finding, and would normally pass back wind strength and direction about that time. The aircraft hit by flak and crashed at Löberitz, 4 km North East of Zoerbig, a small town 17 km North East of Halle.
Six of the seven crew were killed, one survived. Those killed are buried in the Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery:
Flt Lt A.E. McMorran J/35722 RCAF (Pilot) killed
Flt Lt F.Jackson 171791 RAF (Flt Engineer) killed
Flt Lt B.A. Williamson J/13366 RCAF (Navigator) killed
Flt Sgt H.J. Burke RAFVR (Bomb Aimer) Survived, taken PoW
Flying Officer F.M.Jackson RAAF (W/OP Air Gunner) killed
Pilot Officer J.W.Chambers 191639 RAFVR (Mid Upper Air Gunner) killed
Pilot Officer C.T.W.Perring 56599 RAF (Rear Air Gunner) killed
Flt Sgt H.J.Burke was confined in hospital due to his injuries, and remained there until Liberation in early May 1945. Flt Lt McMorran's elder brother, Flt Lt George Melvin McMorran lost his life in the same Squadron some weeks earlier.(See: NG286)
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J. Hslley, Air Britain 1985, p.16)
2.
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?6777-No-619-Sqn-Lancaster-SW254-10Apr-1945 3.
https://www.facebook.com/619.Squadron.RAF.WW2/posts/252916594833199 4.
http://lostaircraft.com/database.php?mode=viewentry&e=9664# Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Dec-2014 19:14 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
08-Jun-2015 18:48 |
Angel dick one |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
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