ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159082
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| Date: | Saturday 29 July 1944 |
| Time: | 01:17 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB147 |
| MSN: | PM-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Crashed 300 metres from Xaronval (Vosges) at 1.17am per Police report -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds |
| Stuttgart |
Took off from RAF Elsham Wolds at 21:10. Crashed at Xaronval (Vosges), where all are buried in the town's Essegney Military Cemetery. Nearby are the graves of a 77 Squadron Whitley crew who died in November 1939.
Crew
Fg Off J B Moss (Killed on Active Service)
Sgt R R Hardy (Killed on Active Service)
Fg Off M R F Harvey RCAF (Killed on Active Service)
Flt Sgt S J Honour (Killed on Active Service)
Sgt N Bradshaw (Killed on Active Service)
Sgt C B Osborne (Killed on Active Service)
Sgt A W Crooke (Killed on Active Service)
*Oberleutnant Ernst-Georg Drünkler (1./NJG 5) claimed a Lancaster 5 km N of Mirecourt at 01:09. This would be his 20th confirmed victory.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 361.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/moss-joseph.html
http://www.aerosteles.net/stelefr-xaronval-lancasterpb147
https://www.northlincsweb.net/13Base/html/joe_moss_103_sqdn.html
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1444
*Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 October 1943 | JB147 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | 5km North of Kaltenweide |  |
w/o |
| 26 November 1943 | JB458 | 103 Sqn RAF | 6 | between Frankfurt-Höchst and Oberau, Altenstadt, Hessen | |
w/o |
| 2 January 1944 | ND325 | 12 Sqn RAF | 1 | Wingsbach, Taunusstein, Hessen | |
w/o |
| 28 May 1944 | ND925 | 103 Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea, West of Vlissingen |  |
w/o |
Images:
Photo taken by M Witzmann who became Mayor of Xaronval and taken on the 29th/30th July 1944
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2013 13:40 | JINX | Added |
| 10-Nov-2014 15:46 | Ivan Lother | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 27-Jun-2016 15:59 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2018 18:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 22-Sep-2019 09:48 | Xaronval | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 26-Dec-2019 07:29 | BATTERS | Updated [Time, Location, Photo] |
| 03-Mar-2021 19:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2021 17:00 | Dragoon44 | Updated [[Time, Source, Narrative]] |
| 28-Jul-2022 06:33 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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