ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 274115
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| Date: | Thursday 4 May 1944 |
| Time: | 00:10 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | ND881 |
| MSN: | LQ-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North edge of the Montdidier Luftwaffe airfield, Somme -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire |
Aircraft took off at 23:02 hrs on the 3rd. Part of a force of 84 Lancasters and 8 Mosquitoes bombing Montdidier Luftwaffe airfield. It was one of 4 Lancasters lost to German night fighters that night. German records indicate it was shot down directly over the target by Leutnant Walter Starck of 1./SKG10. The Lancaster exploded in mid air with the wreckage falling at the northern edge of the enemy airfield.
Crew:
Pilot: J/23317 Flt Lt Stanley Clayton McDonald RCAF - Montdidier French National Cemetery Grave 5808.
Flight Engineer: 173083 Plt Off Michael Adrian Burnaby - Montdidier French National Cemetery Collective Grave 5811-5814.
Navigator: J/22589 Fg Off John Alexander McIntrye RCAF - Montdidier French National Cemetery Collective Grave 5811-5814.
Bomb Aimer: J/23971Fg Off William Earnest Parsons RCAF - Montdidier French National Cemetery Grave 5810.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: J/19918 Plt Off Glen Mason Weaver RCAF - Montdidier French National Cemetery Collective Grave 5811-5814.
Air Gunner: J/86301 Plt Off Dudley Thomas Serviss RCAF - Montdidier French National Cemetery Grave 5809.
Air Gunner: J/19904 Plt Off John Edward Shepherd RCAF - Montdidier French National Cemetery Collective Grave 5811-5814.
Sources:
Personnel records of the 6 RCAF crew members which included the official loss report (RCAF/DND Archives Canada)
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=nd881&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=ND881
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/mcdonald-stanley-clayton.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 February 1945 | PB530 | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Dortmund |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jan-2022 20:56 | tachel | Added |
| 26-Jul-2022 17:49 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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