ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50204
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| Date: | Thursday 31 August 1944 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | PB176 |
| MSN: | AR-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook |
| Raimbert V2 Storage Site |
Took off from RAF Binbrook at 13:03 to attack a V-2 storage site.
The aircraft was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea a few km off Vlissingen.
Post war it was presumed that the aircraft came down in the North Sea. The body of Sgt Tomkinson (RAF) was washed ashore at Domburg, and he is buried at Flushing, Isle of Walcheren, Province of Zealand. Holland. The body of Flt Sgt Ion (RAAF) was washed ashore on the island of Noord Beveland, and he is buried in the Colijnsplaat (Kortgene) Communal Cemetery, Noord Beveland Island, Zeeland, Holland.
Crew
Pilot: A/418394 Plt Off Linley Joseph Grey RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 258.
Flight Engineer: 1750255 Sgt Ronald Tomkinson - Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery Row H Grave 24.
Navigator: A/432167 Flt Sgt William Edward Hathaway RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 260.
Bomb Aimer: A/417699 Flt Sgt Rex Coates RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 260.
Wireless Operator: A/427833 Flt Sgt John Parr Ion RAAF - Colijnsplaat (Kortgene) Communal Cemetery Grave 1.
Mid Upper Gunner: 1494879 Sgt Ronald Robert Curphey Morris - Runnymede Memorial Panel 220.
Rear Gunner: A/412546 WO Robert Le Gay Brereton RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 259.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3963&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.lancaster-archive.com
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 408.
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://wingstovictory.nl/database/database_detail.php%3Fwtv_id%3D593&prev=search
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 June 1943 | W4332 | 460 Sqn RAAF | 7 | Oosterschelde, NW of Wissenkerke, Zeeland |  |
w/o |
| 21 January 1944 | JB702 | 460 Sqn RAAF | 7 | Ranies, Schönebeck, Sachsen-Anhalt |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Jan-2009 10:21 | larry617 | Updated |
| 25-Aug-2013 13:39 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2015 07:55 | INV | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source] |
| 07-Jul-2016 18:24 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2018 14:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 22-Jul-2019 09:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source] |
| 10-Jul-2023 16:13 | Anon. | Updated [[Time, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source]] |
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