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| Date: | Wednesday 10 May 1944 |
| Time: | 01:02 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND494 |
| MSN: | OL-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bailleul-la-Vallée, Eure département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby |
| Gennevilliers |
Takeoff at 22:28 hrs for an operation against the Gnome et Rhône plant at Gennevilliers in the Hauts-de-Seine département.
Shot down by Oblt. Walter Prues of the 7./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Laon-Athies airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant John Andrew Trevor Meredith DFC RAFVR 116897 (NCO:1153692 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 24 March, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Ronald Henry Charles Young RAF 1893287 [PoW]
Navigator : Flying Officer Richard John Ambrose Wheatley RCAF 16134 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Grant Leroy Brown RCAF 18354 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Flying Officer Joseph Stuart Read RAF 155371 (NCO:1109104 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 21 September, 1943) [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flying Officer Herbert Oxley Johnson DFC RAFVR 112784 [Fatal Injury]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Christopher Danby Towse DFM RAFVR 1237476 [Killed]
Sources:
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ND494
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1244
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Feb-2020 01:48 | tachel | Added |
| 18-May-2021 17:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-May-2024 06:38 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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