ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 89911
Last updated: 19 May 2013
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| Date: | 03-DEC-1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk.I |
| Operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4339 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | mis |
| Location: | Unknown (Frankfurt raid) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds (UK) |
Lancaster W4339 took off from RAF Elsham Wolds at 01:27 hours on the night of 2/3rd
December 1942, detailed to bomb Frankfurt, Germany. Nothing was heard from the
aircraft after take off and it failed to return to base.
Crew :
RAF FO Cumming, R M Captain (Pilot)
RAF Sgt H Dyke, (Flight Engineer)
RAF Sgt T T Wilkinson, (Navigator)
RAF Sgt A M Hamilton, (Air Bomber)
RAF FO Wallace, R (Wireless Air Gunner)
RAAF 405140 Flt Sgt J W E Wilson, (Mid Upper Gunner)
RAF Flt Sgt R G Stolz-Page, (Rear Gunner)
All the crew were killed and they are buried in the Dürnbach War Cemetery, Locality
Bad Tölz, Bayern, Germany. Dürnbach is a village 16 km east of Bad Tölz, a town
48 km south of München.
Sources:
Annonces de l'Ourthe - 23/12/2010
W R Chorley : BCL Vol 3
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft W1000 - Z9999, published 1998
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Feb-2011 09:18 | ThW | Added |
| 07-Feb-2011 02:15 | penguin832 | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Sep-2011 13:13 | Uli Elch | Updated [Registration, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2011 15:21 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2012 08:21 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 25-Jun-2012 08:41 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
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