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| Date: | Wednesday 15 March 1944 |
| Time: | 22:10 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 514 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL653 |
| MSN: | JI-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Blondefontaine and Villars-le-Pautel, Haute-Saône (70) -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 19:17 hrs for an operation to Stuttgart, Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin of the Stab II./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+BC from Saint-Dizier airfield in Haute-Marne (52). The aircraft exploded violently in mid-air following the 'Schräge Musik' attack.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Kaiho Thomas Penkuri RCAF J/20187 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flight Sergeant Kenneth Drummond RNZAF NZ/422270 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Gilbert Cosgrove RAFVR 1025606 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Lawrence Alvin Wry RCAF J/85314 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Donald Joseph Kilner RAFVR 1547059 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Thomas Yeandle Owen RAFVR 1316364 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Kenneth Edwin Peake RAFVR 1891075 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer William Fraser Sutherland RCAF J/92270 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=988
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jan-2020 16:40 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 15-Jan-2020 18:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 15-Mar-2024 08:05 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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