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Date: | Wednesday 15 March 1944 |
Time: | 22:26 claim |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 550 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | LM392 |
MSN: | BQ-J |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Artolsheim, Bas-Rhin (67) -
France
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF North Killingholme, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 19:10 hrs for an operation to Stuttgart in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz Rökker of the 2./NJG 2, who was flying Ju 88 R-2 R4+BB from Langensalza airfield in Germany.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Jack Simon Gustave Crawford RAF 42197 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 12 December, 1939) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Reginald Powell RAFVR 967233 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant John Neville Andrew RAFVR 1461939 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Patrick Arthur Lockton RAFVR 151370 (NCO:1576249 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 11 May, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant William James Green RAFVR 1393051 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer William Victor Moss RCAF J/86439 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant William Bertram Robertson RAFVR 1565912 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=990 http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LM392 Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Jan-2020 18:01 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
15-Mar-2024 08:06 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |