ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158533
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| Date: | Thursday 17 August 1944 |
| Time: | 01:55 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | PA988 |
| MSN: | LQ-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Allindemagle on the island of Sjælland -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire |
Took off at 21:00 hrs for an operation against Stettin.
When approaching the target PA988 was coned by searchlights and damaged by heavy flak rendering the ailerons 60 % u/s and the port elevator broke in two. The bomb load was dropped on Stettin by help of H2S from 18.000 ft. at 01:45 hours and the course was set for home. A little before 02:00 hours PA988 was approaching the 3rd turning point after target, over Denmark when it was attacked by Feldwebel Klaus Möller of the 12./NJG 3, who was flying a Junkers Ju 88G from Wittmund airfield in Germany.
All crew members managed to bail out, except Flight Sergeant Phil A. Musgrave who had been killed during the attack.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
http://www.flensted.eu.com/1944098.shtml
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 July 1944 | PB174 | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF | 7 | Weustboerweg, Reutum, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
| 29 December 1944 | PB525 | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF | 8 | missing |  |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2013 08:25 | JINX | Added |
| 24-May-2015 20:28 | Z. Zeeland | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2021 17:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2021 17:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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