ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231420
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| Date: | Thursday 27 January 1944 |
| Time: | 19:35 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB283 |
| MSN: | PH-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Ehren, Löningen, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 17:27 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Kurt Matzak of the 12./NJG 1 (based at Leeuwarden airfield in the Netherlands), who was flying a Bf 110 G-4. It exploded near Ehren. Squadron Leader Haydn William Goule, Flight Sergeant Bernard Kingston Maunsell, Flight Sergeant Frederick Sydney Carran, Sergeant Denis Walter Price, Pilot Officer Francis Mostyn Kelleher, Sergeant Harold Salisbury. Only navigator Sgt. William Roy Warren Moller survived the accident. He was blown off with his parachute during the explosion. German historian Volker Urbansky researched the crash site.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB283
Google Maps
German historian Volker Urbansky v.urbansky@t-online.de
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 March 1945 | PD207 | 12 Sqn RAF | 0 | Junvincourt Airfield |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Dec-2019 12:37 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 16-Dec-2019 12:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2021 05:49 | Volker Urbansky | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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