ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 198597
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| Date: | Friday 30 June 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 150 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JA191 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Saugraben -
 Austria
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Amendola (I) |
Wellington LN191 Crashed.30.6.1944
Fifty-eight Wellingtons, twelve Liberators and eight Halifaxes were sent to Feuersbrunn* on 29/30 June (1944) with the same object. They were to destroy aircraft on the ground and render the landing ground unserviceable, so that the enemy fighters would be prevented from attacking the USAAF bombers expected to be operating in the area the following day. Illumination was rather scattered, but most crews claimed to have identified the target visually and there was a good concentration of bombing on the northern dispersal area. A direct hit was claimed on a hangar at the north-east corner of the airfield, and several small fires seen around the airfield were thought to be aircraft burning.
Crew:
Sgt (1801688) Robert Sinclair Forsyth HORN (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (139945) J.A. GOOD (nav.) RAFVR - PoW
Sgt (1432075) G.M. PEARCE (A/B) RAFVR - PoW
Sgt (1322738) Harry Thomas VARCOE (Wop/AG) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (1604548) Roy Ernest George PARNABY (AG) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
http://www.bundesheer.at/download_archiv/pdfs/missing_in_action.pdf
ORB 150 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Aug-2017 09:33 | Alpine Flight | Added |
| 06-Jan-2021 22:00 | Giggs | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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