Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III PB236, Wednesday 19 July 1944
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Date:Wednesday 19 July 1944
Time:01:21 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:630 Sqn RAF
Registration: PB236
MSN: LE-F
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Neuvy (Marne) -   France
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF East Kirby
Destination airport:Revigny
Narrative:
Took off from RAF East Kirby at 22:47 to bomb a railway junction. Outbound when destroyed by a night fighter, crashing 01:21 at Neuvy (Marne), 15 km WNW of Sezanne. All are buried in Neury Communal Cemetery. At 35, Sgt Barker was above the age associated with Bomber Command airmen.
Crew
Plt Off A J Sargent (KIA)
Sgt D D Moffatt (KIA)
Sgt K Adams (KIA)
Sgt K Nelson (KIA)
Sgt S Withers (KIA)
Sgt J Rae (KIA)
Sgt N Barker (KIA)

Note: The three attacks on Revigny (and similar raids on St-Ley-d'Esserent) had cost Bomber Command dearly, especially amongst the Lancaster Groups.

Sources:

Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 338.
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=20

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Aug-2013 21:41 JINX Added
23-Jun-2016 15:52 Red Dragon Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
09-Oct-2018 05:04 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
07-Jun-2021 17:10 TigerTimon Updated [Time, ]

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