ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 78715
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| Date: | Tuesday 29 August 1944 |
| Time: | 23:50 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL757 |
| MSN: | SR-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lärkeröd, Östra Ljungby, 19 km ENE Ängelholm -
 Sweden
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ludford Magna |
| Stettin |
Takeoff at 21:19 hrs for an operation against Stettin.
The aircraft was intercepted by Leutnant Ludger Krimphove of the Stab I./NJG 7, who was flying a Junkers Ju 88G.
It seems that the crew bailed out just before the crash and that the a/c exploded in the air at the same time. Some was caught hanging in trees with parachute, some on the ground with the parachute ripped from them, all killed by an explosion (dismembered) and/or by blunt force. The a/c had some or all bomb load and ordnance exploded during the night. All are buried at Pålsjö cemetery, Helsingborg, except for Sgt Popper (Specialist Operator) who is buried in Malmö Jewish Cemetery:
Crew
Pilot: 120044 Flt Lt William Alistair McLean Beardmore Stewart - Halsingborg (Palsjo) Municipal Cemetery Section XV Grave 74.
2nd Pilot: 177157 Plt Off Francis Anthony Pocock - Halsingborg (Palsjo) Municipal Cemetery Section XV Grave 75.
Flight Engineer: 578231 Sgt John Stenhouse Wood - Halsingborg (Palsjo) Municipal Cemetery
Section XV Grave 21.
Navigator: J/28221 Fg Off John Edward Swanson RCAF - Halsingborg (Palsjo) Municipal Cemetery
Section XV Grave 18.
Bomb Aimer: 1473150 Flt Sgt Kenneth Stephenson - Halsingborg (Palsjo) Municipal Cemetery
Section XV Grave 4.
Wireless Operator: 1801807 Sgt William George Rasey - Halsingborg (Palsjo) Municipal Cemetery
Section XV Grave 5.
Specialist Operator: 2220929 Sgt Heinz George Popper - Malmo Jewish Cemetery Plot A Grave 9.
Mid Upper Gunner: 2210468 Sgt Albert Ernest Muat - Halsingborg (Palsjo) Municipal Cemetery
Section XV Grave 19.
Rear Gunner: 2211438 Flt Sgt John Kennedy - Halsingborg (Palsjo) Municipal Cemetery Section XV Grave 3.
Sources:
http://www.hembygdshistoria.se/palsjo/piprell1.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20110912011135/http://www.flyghistoria.org/images_minnesten/Judiska_begravningsplats.htm
- Falkenbergs Museum/Lars Wikander: De kom aldrig hem (1994)
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
CWGC
http://www.hembygdshistoria.se/palsjo/piprell2.htm
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=sv&u=http://www.flyghistoria.org/flyghistoria/49-flygminnesmarken-foto/307-minnestavla-vid-larkerod&prev=search
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20901200
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 December 1943 | DV300 | 101 Sqn RAF | 8 | NE of Tacozijl, Lemmer, Friesland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2010 07:11 | Masen63 | Added |
| 13-Sep-2011 02:55 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Sep-2011 03:28 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2011 08:09 | Lars | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Dec-2011 05:53 | Uli Elch | Updated [Registration, Cn] |
| 27-Dec-2011 05:43 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 28-Dec-2011 14:32 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 26-Feb-2014 16:29 | Masen63 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jul-2016 15:31 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jul-2016 15:35 | Red Dragon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 05:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Jun-2021 18:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2021 18:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Jun-2023 17:48 | Anon. | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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