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Date: | Friday 26 November 1943 |
Time: | 21:43 LT |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | JB527 |
MSN: | PM-B |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 2 km northeast of Ahrensfelde, Brandenburg -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds, UK |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Crashed on a bombing operation to Berlin, Germany. Takeoff time: 17:28
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by heavy Flak of the 4./schwere Flak-Abteilung 123.
The entire crew of seven perished in the crash.
The deceased are buried at the Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery.
•F/O R.E.v.Pugh DFM KIA
•Sgt P.A.Barnes KIA
•F/P D.S.Thom RAAF KIA
•Sgt G.w.Prescott KIA
•F/O M.H.King KIA
•Sgt A.Mavromatis KIA
•F/O G.Booth KIA
R.I.P.
Sources:
http://www.mehrow.de/Geschichte/1900_bis_1945/RAF-Bomber/JB527_Lc_Nov43_Ahrensfelde.html Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB527 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-Dec-2014 14:01 |
gerard57 |
Added |
11-Feb-2015 13:44 |
Komes123 |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
26-Nov-2018 15:10 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
27-Nov-2018 19:34 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |
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