ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 247880
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| Date: | Monday 18 December 1944 |
| Time: | 22:30 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NG144 |
| MSN: | EM-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | sea 100 metres off Holzkathen (now Smoldzínski Las) -
 Poland
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Spilsby, Lincolnshire, UK |
| Gydnia |
Took off at 17:00 hrs for a bombing operation against Gdynia in Poland.
Brought down off the coast by Hauptmann Walter Engel of the 3./NJG 5, who had taken off from Jesau airfield in a Ju
88G. Crashed in the sea 100m from the Smoldziński Forest. The tail section broke away leaving the wings and fuselage partially submerged.
All seven crew members are MIA and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew
Pilot: NZ/421840 Flt Lt David Graham Buchanan RNZAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 262.
Flight Engineer: 1869287 Sgt Eric George Hall -Runnymede Memorial Panel 230.
Navigator: 1600602 Flt Sgt Henry Roy Hillier -Runnymede Memorial Panel 218.
Bomb Aimer: 996215 Flt Sgt William Edward Crane -Runnymede Memorial Panel 216.
Wireless Operator: 1624601 Flt Sgt Thomas Cronan -Runnymede Memorial Panel 216.
Air Gunner: 1323152 Sgt Cecil Charles Crux -Runnymede Memorial Panel 216.
Air Gunner: 1079426 Flt Sgt James Wilson -Runnymede Memorial Panel 223.
Sources:
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=9720
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=NG144&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 March 1942 | R5501 | 207 Sqn RAF | 4 | Canwick Hill East of Bracebridge Heath |  |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
| 25 July 1944 | PB294 | 207 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea, off Lincolnshire | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Feb-2021 14:26 | gerard57 | Added |
| 02-Aug-2021 13:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2021 18:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2022 12:13 | Anon. | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative] |
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