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| Date: | Tuesday 8 August 1944 |
| Time: | 00:07 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | KB755 |
| MSN: | VR-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Auberville-la-Renault, Seine-Maritime département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St-George |
| Caen France |
Takeoff at 21:22 hrs for an operation against strong points (Operation Totalize).
The aircraft was shot down by Leutnant Johannes Strassner of the 2./NJG 2, who was flying a Junkers Ju 88 from Châteaudun airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Bruce Douglas Walker RCAF J/18652 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Basil Jones RAFVR 1175759 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer John Chetwynd Durrant RCAF J/89213 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Peter William Merrick RCAF J/29679 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Warrant Officer Class I Joseph Albert Roland Schryer RCAF R/11904 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Lieutenant Murray Gray Wilson RCAF J/15458 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant William Longmore RAFVR 1819806 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=630
http://disc.yourwebapps.com/discussion.cgi?disc=169401;article=4486;
http://www.419squadron.com/KB755.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=walker
http://www.6bombergroup.ca/Aug44/Aug7~844.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Oct-2019 15:28 | tachel | Added |
| 12-Jun-2021 10:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2024 18:39 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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