ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159220
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| Date: | Thursday 27 July 1944 |
| Time: | 03:45 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 619 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB346 |
| MSN: | PG-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Saint-Jean, La Boissière-sur-Èvre, Montrevault-sur-Èvre, Maine-et-Loir -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dunholme Lodge |
Took off from RAF Dunholme Lodge at 21:19 borrowed by 44 Squadron to bomb rail communications.
Homeward-bound, struck by lightning and crashed on fire near la Boissiere-sur-Evre (Main-et-Loire), 5 km NNW from the small town of Montrevault.
All lie in Boissiere-sur-Evre Communal Cemetery. Fg Off McKechnie came from Fort Victoria in Southern Rhodesia:
Fg Off D N McKechnie (Killed on Active Service)
Sgt A Barker (Killed on Active Service)
Sgt W R Little RCAF (Killed on Active Service)
Sgt R G Dean (Killed on Active Service)
Sgt R A Williams (Killed on Active Service)
Sgt E J Courtenay (Killed on Active Service)
Sgt A Craven (Killed on Active Service)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 354.
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1435
http://scarletboy44.tumblr.com/post/83188864822/scarletboy44-remember-sergeant-air-gunner
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.aerosteles.net/stelefr-laboissiere-lancaster&prev=search
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 October 1944 | ME787 | 619 Sqn RAF | 0 | over Zeeland |  |
sub |
| 6 November 1944 | NN723 | 619 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea |  |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Aug-2013 16:59 | JINX | Added |
| 09-Jan-2016 10:01 | JIXN | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 27-Jun-2016 21:56 | 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, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 12-Jun-2021 09:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2021 09:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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