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Date: | Tuesday 25 July 1944 |
Time: | 02:35 claim |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 514 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | PB185 |
MSN: | JI-F2 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Trier (Rheinland-Pfalz) -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridge |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Took off from RAF Waterbeach at 21:45 hrs for an operation against Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg.
Is believed to have crashed 02:30 in the general vicinity of Trier. It seems that at the time, Sgt Stafford was identified, but with other members of the crew he is now listed on the Panels of the Runnymede Memorial. At 37 Sgt Brown was above the average age of Bomber Command aircrew.
Crew
Fg Off T J Middleton (KIA)
Sgt R W Stafford (KIA)
Fg Off F K Beers RCAF (KIA)
Fg Off A G Burgess (KIA)
Flt Sgt T D Jones (KIA)
Sgt C Brown (KIA)
Sgt A B E Booth (KIA)
*Hptm Paul Zorner (St.III./NJG5) claimed a Lancaster NW of Strasbourg at 02:35. This would be his 57th kill.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 350.
*Luftwaffe Night Fighters Combat Claims 1939-1945.
Aircrew Remembered: Losses and Incidents database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Aug-2013 17:22 |
JINX |
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26-Jun-2016 15:56 |
Red Dragon |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
18-Oct-2018 14:47 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
29-Oct-2019 11:27 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Operator, Location] |
01-Nov-2019 19:56 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
07-Jun-2021 17:37 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time] |
10-Jun-2021 16:51 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |