ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158387
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| Date: | Thursday 3 August 1944 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PA162 |
| MSN: | QR-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Trossy (Saint-Maximin) and Creil; Oise 60 -
 France
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthrope |
| Trossy St.Maximin V1 Flying Bomb Site |
Took off from RAF Skellingthorpe at 11:54 hrs to attack a flying bomb storage site at Trossy St.Maximin.
Believed to have been shot down by Flak. Crashed between Trossy (Saint-Maximin) and Creil.
Post war the those who perished were relocated to their current locations in the cemetery. Date not known.
Crew
Pilot: J/25797 Fg Off Francis Ormond Gilmore RCAF - Creil Communal Cemetery Plot 2 Grave 356.
Flight Engineer: 56272 Sgt Bernard Lawrence Rowland - Creil Communal Cemetery Plot 2 Grave 357.
Navigator: J/27497 Fg Off W D Forbes RCAF - Baled out and landed close to the Allied lines.
Bomb Aimer: J/28690 Fg Off Wilbert Stephens RCAF - Creil Communal Cemetery Plot 2 Grave 359.
Wireless Operator: 128701 Fg Off Edward Robinson Durant - Creil Communal Cemetery Plot 2 Grave 358.
Mid Upper Gunner: J/90355 Plt Off Ross Edwin Sutherland RCAF - Creil Communal Cemetery Plot 2 Grave 355.
Rear Gunner: J/90356 Plt Off Harold David Thomson RCAF - Creil Communal Cemetery Plot 2 Grave 394.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 368.
http://redtarget.pagesperso-orange.fr/Lancaster%20PA162.htm
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1461
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 August 1943 | W5002 | 61 Sqn RAF | 6 | Les Mardelles, Ambenay, Eure | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Aug-2013 15:41 | JINX | Added |
| 28-Jun-2016 22:02 | Red Dragon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 26-Feb-2020 06:16 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities] |
| 12-Jun-2021 09:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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