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| Date: | Saturday 8 July 1944 |
| Time: | 01:30 approx |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL976 |
| MSN: | EA-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 km SE of Beauvoir-en-Lyons, Seine-Maritime département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fiskerton |
7/8 July, 1944; ST-LUE-D'ESSERENT (CRIEL): 5 Group paid a second visit to the V1 storage dump at St Leu on the 7th. A slightly smaller force of 208 Lancasters led by Pathfinder Mosquitoes, accurately bombed the tunnels in which the flying bombs were stored. But the cost in men and aircraft was to be high; 29 Lancasters and 2 Mosquitoes were lost as German night-fighters again took their toll. The crew lie at rest together in Marissel Cemetery, Oise, France.
Lancaster LL976 (EA-A)
F/O C. Baker Pilot (Killed)
Sgt J.M. Moss F/E (Killed)
W/O J.H. Stibbard RAAF NAV (Killed)
Sgt W. Higgins W/OP (Killed)
Sgt E.W. Everett A/G (Killed)
F/S H.H. Hewitt A/B (Killed)
Sgt R.E. Nineham A/G (Killed)
Crew on their 4th operation. This crew is remembered on a memorial in Beauvoir en Lyons.
Sources:
1. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
2. http://www.49squadron.co.uk/personnel_index/detail/Baker_C
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 321.
http://www.49squadron.co.uk/personnel_index/detail/Baker_C
http://www.raafdb.com/view_aircraft.asp?id=1982
http://redtarget.pagesperso-orange.fr/Lancaster%20LL976.htm
https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1170
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2013 21:06 | JINX | Added |
| 30-Dec-2014 23:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Dec-2014 23:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Jun-2015 10:04 | Cliford | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 22-Jun-2016 12:49 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Oct-2018 04:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 04-Jun-2021 17:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, ] |
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