ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51360
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| Date: | Sunday 3 October 1943 |
| Time: | 01:38 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 467 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | ED530 |
| MSN: | PO-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 25 miles off Beachy Head -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bottesford |
Came down in the channel off Beachy End after running out of fuel on its return from a raid on Munich.
Takeoff time: 18:44
Crew:
Pilot P/O. K.A. McIver DFC 412636 RAAF Britain UK2664 North Walsham New Cemetery
Flight engineer Sgt. A.B. McLelland 626056 RAF Bergen op zoom RCAF 6 H 11 Washed up Katwijk aan Zee 1 Dec 43
Navigator F/Sgt. J.K. Gale 1490465 RAF Runnymede Memorial 136
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. M.E. McGrath RAF Survived rescued from sea by Walrus HD908
Wo ag Sgt. C. MacLean 1330142 RAF Runnymede Memorial 158
Air gunner F/Sgt. F.W. Shaw 1321440 RAF Runnymede Memorial 139
Air gunner Sgt. R. Short 639991 RAF Runnymede Memorial 164
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2919&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Chorley BCL Vol.4 p.344
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 September 1944 | PB299 | 467 Sqn RAAF | 4 | De Pals, Hapert, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 4 December 1944 | PB740 | 467 Sqn RAAF | 6 | 2 km southwest of Meimsheim, Brackenheim, Baden-Württemberg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Jun-2016 12:21 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2017 19:10 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 01-Oct-2018 06:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Oct-2018 06:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2018 20:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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