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Date: | Friday 18 August 1944 |
Time: | 14:30 approx |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | PB362 |
MSN: | OL-W |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Le Torp-Mesnil, Seine-Maritime département -
France
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Took off from RAF coningsby at 11:38 to attack a supply depot near Paris.
Hit by Flak over the AP, coming down in the target area. Flt Sgt Redding was badly wounded in his left foot by shrapnel:
flt Lt A J Saunders RAAF (Evaded)
Flt Sgt H J Redding (PoW)
Plt Off J F Falconer (PoW)
Plt Off D D Govett RAAF (PoW)
Plt Off T A Sheen (PoW)
Sgt P A Kaye RCAF (Evaded)
Plt Off D M Robinson RAAF (Evaded)
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 388.
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1479 Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Aug-2013 16:59 |
JINX |
Added |
03-Jul-2016 14:26 |
Red Dragon |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
11-Nov-2018 12:38 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
15-Jun-2021 17:49 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |