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| Date: | Thursday 1 June 1944 |
| Time: | 02:05 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 622 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL782 |
| MSN: | GI-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 7 km west of Ramboullet, Yvellines -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk (MHZ/EGUN) |
Mission to the railway yards at Trappes.
Lancaster LL782: Took off 23:41hrs to bomb railway yards. 31/05/1944
Crashed in wooded countryside near Poigny-la-Foret in (Yvelines) 6 km NW of Rambouillet.
Shot down by Hauptmann Hermann Rauh, of Stab. II./NJG 4; as his 11th credited victory.
Crew:-
Pilot : 1st Lieutenant (US) J E Brailthwaite USAAF [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Anthony Charles Connor RAFVR 1819154 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant R Davidson RAF 1365234 [Evaded]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant T P Starling RCAF 159985 [Evaded]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Thomas Henry Cloran RAF 1444776 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Douglas Paul Bernhardt RCAF R/183965 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Warrant Officer Samuel Norris RAFVR 1384133 [Killed]
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses by W R Chorley, 1944, page 249
Theo Boiten: Nachtjagd 1944 vol 3, p. 030.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-May-2023 08:43 | Nepa | Updated |
| 22-May-2024 06:59 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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