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| Date: | Sunday 13 August 1944 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PD237 |
| MSN: | VN-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | La Coubre sector, Charente-Maritime département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthrope |
Took off from RAF Skellingthorpe at 16:24 to bomb an oil depot. Pssibly abandoned over, or near the Allied lines, as two members of the crew are shown as evading while the rest are described as safe.
Crew
Flt Sgt P D A Lorimer RAAF (Evaded)
Sgt T P Hart Captured but liberated from hospital.
Sgt P W N Antwis (Evaded) Captured but liberated from hospital at Angouleme 1 September 1944
Sgt W J Gray Captured but liberated from hospital.
Sgt F R Stearn Captured but liberated from hospital.
Sgt J W Sanderson Captured but liberated from hospital.
Sgt G A Sandvik RCAF Captured but liberated from hospital.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World 1944 Page 384.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=1783831979
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=5806
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2013 15:16 | JINX | Added |
| 30-Jun-2016 13:43 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Jun-2016 20:13 | Red Dragon | Updated [Location, ] |
| 12-Nov-2018 18:50 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 15-Jun-2021 15:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, ] |
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