ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50217
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| Date: | Sunday 27 August 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM127 |
| MSN: | KO-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Witchford |
Took off from RAF Witchford at 20:27 hrs (26 August) for a bombing operation against Kiel in Germany.
Crashed in the North Sea.Fg Off Morgan and Fg Off O'Sullivan, the latter from Camolin, County Wexford in the Irish Republic are buried in Denmark in Esbjerg (Fourfelt)Cemetery; Sgt Yates lies in dutch soil at Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery, while the Runnymede Memorial perpetuates the names of the rest. At 18, Sgt Coote an ex ATC cadet, was amongst the youngest airmen killed in 1944.
Crew
Fg Off J E Morgan (Killed on Active Service)
Sgt K P Coote (Killed on Active Service)
Flt Sgt E Young (Killed on Active Service)
Fg Off D F O'Sullivan (Killed on Active Service)
Sgt M Bell (Killed on Active Service)
Flt Sgt I G C Miller (Killed on Active Service)
Sgt T Yates RCAF (Killed on Active Service)
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1944%20sec_tcm5-7285.pdf
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 397.
http://www.flensted.eu.com/1944101.shtml
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 August 1943 | DS630 | 115 Sqn RAF | 7 | Østersøen (Baltic Sea), 1 mile southeast of Gedser, Sjælland |  |
w/o |
| 18 October 1943 | DS769 | 115 Sqn RAF | 7 | Altenberge, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Dec-2011 05:41 | Uli lch | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2011 14:32 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 03-Jul-2016 16:46 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 16:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 06-Mar-2021 10:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Country, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2021 18:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Damage] |
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