ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159248
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| Date: | Friday 6 October 1944 |
| Time: | 20:10 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB429 |
| MSN: | EA-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Leuchtenburg, Schwanewede, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fiskerton, Lincolnshire |
6/7 October, 1944; BREMEN: 1 and 5 Groups combined their efforts once again, when 246 Lancasters delivered a tremendous 'hammer blow' to Bremen. On a clear moonlit night, the Mosquitoes had little difficulty in marking the aiming point before calling the Main Force in to bomb. Large fires were soon started and crews reported that the glow from the fires could be seen 100 miles away and the target, the river and other features could be clearly seen.
The squadron had dispatched 17 aircraft, deciding to send five new crews on the raid. Aircraft started to request landing instructions shortly after 22.00hrs but by 22.38hrs, only 15 had landed back at Fiskerton. Into the early hours of Saturday morning, it became clear that for the first time since 28/29 July the squadron had suffered casualties.
Two 49 crews failed to return from the operation; the 'freshman' crew of F/O Cyril Beatson plus the crew captained by F/O Ken Harrop.
Lancaster PB429
F/O C. Beatson Pilot (Killed)
Sgt D. Harrison F/E (Killed)
F/O E. Bourton NAV (Killed)
F/O L.R. McMonagle RAAF W/OP (Killed)
F/O J.W. Murray RAAF A/G (Killed)
F/O J.C. King A/B (Killed)
Sgt A. Stephen A/G (Killed)
Crew on their 1st operation. The Beatson crew are all buried alongside each other in the Becklingen War Cemetery at Soltau in Germany.
The Lanc had been coned by searchlights and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak.
Sources:
1. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
2. http://www.49squadron.co.uk/personnel_index/detail/Beatson_C
3. Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
4. Google Maps
5. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=PB429&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Aug-2013 06:11 | JINX | Added |
| 31-Dec-2014 00:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2015 10:08 | Coumes | Updated [Operator] |
| 02-Aug-2021 14:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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