ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159107
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| Date: | Saturday 11 November 1944 |
| Time: | 19:28 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB188 |
| MSN: | OL-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | railway station of Hamburg-Harburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Took off at 16:38 hrs for an operation against the Rhenania-Ossag oil refinery at Harburg in Hamburg.
The Lanc was hit by heavy (schwere) Flak; crashed at the railway station.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Davis Austin Jennings RAAF Aus/408349 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant Stanley Charles Burleigh DFM RAF 1711577 [PoW]
Navigator : Flying Officer Philip Henry George RAF 145372 [PoW] (NCO:1587014 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 20 July, 1943)
Bomb Aimer : Warrant Officer Herbert William Turton RAF 188227 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Pilot Officer Gordon William Hughes RAAF Aus/417192 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer Brian John Francis Hayes DFM RAAF Aus/33086 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Albert Cyril Mathews DFC RAFVR 183423 [Killed] (NCO:749526 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 10 October, 1944)
Pilot Officer Matthews is missing in action and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=PB188&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 August 1943 | ED984 | 83 Sqn RAF | 6 | Nunsdorf, Zossen, Brandenburg | |
w/o |
| 20 October 1943 | JB154 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Anreep, Drenthe |  |
w/o |
| 2 January 1944 | ND354 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | Lutten, Goldenstedt, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 11 April 1944 | ND389 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | Boensberg, Merksplas, Antwerp |  |
w/o |
| 9 May 1945 | PB616 | 83 Sqn RAF | 0 | B.112 Rheine/Hopsten ALG | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2013 17:25 | JINX | Added |
| 07-Dec-2015 18:20 | Froome | Updated [Operator] |
| 08-Sep-2021 17:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2023 07:11 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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