ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159075
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| Date: | Saturday 29 July 1944 |
| Time: | 01:58 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 100 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB172 |
| MSN: | HW-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oberweier, Gaggenau, Baden-Württemberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Grimsby |
Took off from RAF Grimsby at 21:31 hrs for an operation against Stuttgart.
The aircraft was shot down by Major Walter Borchers of the Stab/NJG 5, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4; crashed at about 01:55 hrs near Oberweier.
Those who died rest in Durnbach War Cemetery:
Fg Off H H R Reid RCAF (Killed on Active Service)
Sgt D Judson (Killed on Active Service)
Fg Off W J Smith RCAF (Killed on Active Service)
Flt Sgt W A MacDonald RCAF (PoW)
Sgt K E Nottage (Killed on Active Service)
Flt Sgt S L Krawchuk RCAF (Killed on Active Service)
Flt Sgt C W Martens RCAF (Killed on Active Service)
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 360.
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
Google Maps
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/reid-hewitt.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 April 1944 | ND328 | 100 Sqn RAF | 7 | Sint-Martens-Voeren, Voeren, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 13 August 1944 | LM658 | 100 Sqn RAF | 4 | near Bergentheim, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2013 13:40 | JINX | Added |
| 03-Jun-2015 07:41 | AlLah | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 27-Jun-2016 15:37 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 16:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 10-Jun-2021 16:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2021 09:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2021 09:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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