Date:	Thursday 3 December 1942
Time:	05:05 LT
Type:	Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:	103 Sqn RAF
Registration:	W4339
MSN:	PM-M
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Between Trebur and Groß-Gerau, Hessen, 8 Km S of Rüsselsheim -   Germany
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Elsham Wolds
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Lancaster W4339 ("PM-M" of 103 Sqn, RAF) took off from RAF Elsham Wolds at 01:27 hours on the night of 2/3rd December 1942, detailed to bomb Frankfurt, Germany. Coned by Scheinw Abt 365 and 1 Scheinw Abt 299 (Lancaster South East of Astheim 05:05). Shot down by Flak 1/schw Flak Abt 702, 4/Res Flak Abt 293, 3/Res Flak abt 322, Flak Regt 29, 3/Res Flak Abt 435 and 1/lei Flak Abt 856. The aircraft crashed between Trebur and Groß Gerau, Hessen, 8 Km south Russelsheim (at approximate coordinates: 49°55′30″N, 08°24′20″E or 49.925091 / 8.405326)
Crew
Pilot: 122943 Fg Off Robert Morison Cumming - Durnbach War Cemetery 1. H. 18.
Flight Engineer: 574454 Sgt Hedley Dyke - Durnbach War Cemetery 1. H. 23.
Navigator: 1125372 Sgt Thomas Tweedy Wilkinson - Durnbach War Cemtery 1. H. 21.
Observer: 1479880 Sgt Alan Moffatt Hamilton - Durnbach War Cemetery 1. H. 22.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 120810 Fg Off Reginald Wallace - Durnbach War Cemetery 1. H. 17.
Air Gunner: 405140 Flt Sgt John William Edward Wilson RAAF - Durnbach War Cemetery 1. H. 20.
Air Gunner: 755061 Flt Sgt Richard Grange Stolz-Page - Durnbach War Cemetery 1. H. 19.

All the crew were killed and they are buried in the Dürnbach War Cemetery, Locality Bad Tölz, Bayern, Germany. Dürnbach is a village 16 km east of Bad Tölz, a town 48 km south of München.

1. Annonces de l'Ourthe - 23/12/2010
2. W R Chorley : BCL Vol 3
3. Air Britain: RAF Aircraft W1000 - Z9999, published 1998
4. http://lancaster-archive.com/lanc_unknowncrashsites.pdf
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?12597-F-O-R-M-Cumming-122943-103-Sqn
6. CWGC
7. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

3 December 1943	W4999	625 Sqn RAF	0	RAF Kelstern, UK		w/o
27 January 1944	JB277	103 Sqn RAF	7	near Weseram, Roskow, Brandenburg		w/o
17 June 1944	LM173	103 Sqn RAF	7	North Sea		mis

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
06-Feb-2011 09:18	ThW	Added
07-Feb-2011 02:15	penguin832	Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Source, Narrative]
01-Sep-2011 13:13	Uli Elch	Updated [Registration, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
28-Dec-2011 15:21	Uli Elch	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative]
08-Jan-2012 08:21	Uli Elch	Updated [Location, Source]
25-Jun-2012 08:41	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative]
19-Aug-2013 13:08	JINX	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
10-Nov-2014 15:44	Zoom	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
31-Dec-2014 02:18	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
17-May-2017 17:59	Anon.	Updated [Destination airport]
11-Dec-2017 22:11	Red Dragon	Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
16-Oct-2018 18:56	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
24-Sep-2019 17:30	Anon.	Updated [Narrative]
28-Oct-2019 23:32	Uli Elch	Updated [Operator, Location]
05-Nov-2019 22:00	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Operator]
04-Nov-2020 17:12	TigerTimon	Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Phase, Damage]
04-Nov-2020 17:13	TigerTimon	Updated [Source]
27-Aug-2021 09:32	Anon.	Updated [Narrative]