ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159577
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| Date: | Saturday 26 August 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PD274 |
| MSN: | KO-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Witchford |
Took off from RAF Witchford at 20:28 hrs for an operation against Rüsselsheim.
Leaving the target area at 19,550 feet, collided with another 419 Squadron Lancaster KB775 VR-Y losing both port engines. With their aircraft out of control, the crew baled out at 6,500 feet, S of Koblenz. Fg Off Vinish RCAF sustained a broken leg and spent most, if not all of his captivity at Mulhausen:
Crashed near Irmenach about 7 km South East of Traben-Trarbach (Rhineland-Palatinate).
Sgt Bell, Sgt Agnew Sgt Ames and Flt Sgt Kydd were part of Trupp 30. They arrived at Bankau on
4 September 1944. (The Long Road - Oliver Clutton-Brock)
Crew
Pilot: J/27724 Flt Lt Albert Charles Aldridge RCAF - PoW/Stalag Luft III Sagan & Belaria/
Milag-Marlag Nord-Oflag L/PoW Number 7725.
Flight Engineer: 1896269 Sgt Leonard William Bell - PoW/Stalag Luft VII Bankau near Kreuzburg
Upper Silesia/PoW Number 693.
Navigator: J/29843 Fg Off Henry Alfred Vinish RCAF - PoW/Stalag 9C Muhlhausen/PoW Number 52644
Bomb Aimer: J/29386 Fg Off Aubrey Issy Epstein RCAF - PoW/Stalag Luft III Sagan & Belaria/PoW Number 7730.
Wireless Operator: 1623139 Sgt William Hill Agnew - PoW/Stalag Luft VII Bankau near Kreuzburg
Upper Silesia/Stalag IIIA Luckenwalde/PoW Number 689.
Mid Upper Gunner: R/220333 Flt Sgt Grordon Kydd RCAF - PoW/Stalag Luft VII Bankau near Kreuzburg Upper Silesia/Stalag IIIA Luckenwalde/PoW Number 711.
Rear Gunner: 1805664 Sgt Reginald Leslie Ames - PoW/Stalag Luft VII Bankau near Kreuzburg
Upper Silesia/Stalag IIIA Luckenwalde/PoW Number 690
Sgt Ames was involved in a motorcycle accident on 29/10/1946.
Whilst riding his private motor cycle around the perimeter track, after dark and without lights, was involved in a head on collision with the Fire Crash Tender and died on his way to hospital.
He is buried in Cambridge City Cemetery Grave 15903.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World war 1944 Page 394.
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 April 1944 | DS734 | 115 Sqn RAF | 7 | Hoeveweg, Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Antwerp |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2013 15:33 | JINX | Added |
| 29-Aug-2013 15:37 | JINX | Updated [Operator] |
| 29-Aug-2013 17:05 | Anon. | Updated [Operator] |
| 03-Jul-2016 17:55 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 16:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 27-Apr-2021 16:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Total fatalities] |
| 16-Jun-2021 13:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source] |
| 16-Jun-2021 14:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-May-2023 18:47 | Anon. | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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