ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138084
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| Date: | Saturday 29 July 1944 |
| Time: | 01:17 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 514 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM206 |
| MSN: | JI-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 7 km NNW of Neufchateau, Vosges -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waterbeach |
Took off from RAF Waterbeach at 21:41. Crashed at about 01:30 just to the S of Coussey (Vosges), 7 km NNW of Neufchateau, where those who died rest in the town's communal cemetery.
Crew
Fg Off R Jones (KIlled on Active Service)
Sgt T H Harvell (Evaded)
Sgt G F Robinson (PoW)
Fg Off K H Loder (Killed on Active Service)
Flt Sgt F S Jones (Killed on Active Service)
Sgt R Lane (Killed on Active Service)
Sgt A R Braine (Killed on Active Service)
*Oberleutnant Heinz Rökker (2./NJG 2) claimed a Lancaster 7 km NW of Neufchateau at 01:17. This would be his 34th confirmed victory.
Sources:
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 362.
*Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
http://www.francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1446&PHPSESSID=d784e1b2e5c1921a69ccbe015b627aa4
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 November 1943 | DS784 | 514 Sqn RAF | 5 | Sorinne-la-Longue, Namur |  |
w/o |
| 28 May 1944 | LL652 | 514 Sqn RAF | 7 | Ophasselt, Geraardsbergen, East Flanders | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Aug-2011 07:32 | Milavia | Added |
| 26-Dec-2011 05:52 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Narrative] |
| 26-Dec-2011 05:53 | Uli Elch | Updated [Registration] |
| 26-Dec-2011 07:05 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Dec-2011 05:03 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
| 28-Dec-2011 14:31 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 31-Jan-2012 01:36 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 19-Aug-2013 13:12 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jun-2016 14:59 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 14:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 19-Jun-2019 09:18 | condor | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 19-Jun-2019 09:52 | condor | Updated [Source] |
| 03-Mar-2021 20:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jun-2022 09:22 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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