ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159140
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| Date: | Sunday 13 August 1944 |
| Time: | 00:00 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB230 |
| MSN: | OL-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hodenhagen, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Took off from RAF Coningsby at 21:07 hrs for a bombing operation against Braunschweig in Niedersachsen.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Josef Förster of the 8./NJG 2, who had taken off from Volkel airfield (the Netherlands) in Ju 88 G-6 4R+OS; crashed 00:00 hrs at Hodenhagen, 12 km south of Walsrode. Those who lost their lives now rest in Becklingen War Cemetery.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Cyril Erritt DFC RAFVR 179210 (NCO:1199380 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 29 August, 1944) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant Goronwy Jones RAFVR 1677036 [Killed]
Navigator : Warrant Officer Norman Paul Delayen RAF 1135619 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Peter Augustine Gleeson DFC RAFVR 179415 (NCO:1332501 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 05 September, 1944) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Warrant Officer Edwin Alexander Taylor RAFVR 1290706 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Warrant Officer Robert William Francis Gallagher RAAF Aus/416947 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer J McK Williamson RAF 179330 [PoW]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 378.
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 January 1944 | JB724 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | Sautour, Philippeville, Namur |  |
w/o |
| 22 June 1944 | ND551 | 83 Sqn RAF | 6 | Westerhoven, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2013 21:33 | JINX | Added |
| 13-Aug-2014 15:10 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase] |
| 01-Jul-2016 17:44 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 12:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 04-Mar-2021 15:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Mar-2024 09:36 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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