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| Date: | Monday 24 July 1944 |
| Time: | 02:00 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 619 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB208 |
| MSN: | PG-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, probably southwest of the island of Sylt -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dunholme Lodge |
Took off from RAF Dunholme Lodge at 23:00 hrs for an operation against the naval bases at Kiel.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz-Rudolf Malowitz of the 9./NJG 3, who was flying Bf 110 G-4 D5+FT from Schleswig airfield.
The Lanc came down in the North Sea.
WO2 Aumell RCAF is buried in Denmark at Sondre Nissum Churchyard, 9 km NE of Ulfborg. The other are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial:
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer John Parker RAFVR 173134 [Killed] (NCO:1390964 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 18 April, 1944)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Norman Mackenzie Rice RAFVR 1821876 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer George Alan Grigg RAFVR 176583 [Killed] (NCO:1389586 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 04 July, 1944)
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Allan Daniel Aumell RCAF J/89210 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant William Arthur Sharp RAFVR 1575581 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant James Broll RAFVR 1690453 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Allan Dickson RAFVR 1564075 [Killed]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 347.
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.flensted.eu.com/1944087.shtml
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2013 21:07 | JINX | Added |
| 09-Jan-2016 10:01 | JIXN | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 26-Jun-2016 13:52 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Oct-2018 18:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 23-Oct-2020 12:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Oct-2020 13:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, ] |
| 23-Jul-2023 07:08 | Rob Davis | Updated |
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