ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159148
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| Date: | Thursday 17 August 1944 |
| Time: | 00:40 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | PB239 |
| MSN: | LQ-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea near the island of Sylt -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Royal Air Force Gransden Lodge |
| Kiel |
Took off from RAF Gransden Lodge at 21:15 hrs for an operation against Kiel.
The aircraft was shot down by Major Werner Husemann of the Stab I./NJG 3 based at Schleswig airfield - (claim) Sea South of Amrum: 4,000m at 00:40
Fg Off Fisher RCAF was initially buried in Westerland Sylt Island. Reinterred 1 July 1947.
Plt Off Billingsley was initially buried in List Sylt Island. Reinterred 9 July 1947.
Fg Off Fisher RCAF awarded DFC whilst with 405 Squadron. Gazetted 12 February 1946.
Crew
Pilot: J/19844 Fg Off Charles Harold Fisher DFC RCAF - Kiel War Cemetery Plot 3 Row C Grave 12.
Flight Engineer: Sgt Eric Noel Jolly - Kirkeby Churchyard Grave 917.
Navigator: 86600 Flt Lt John Samuel Bruce - Runnymede Memorial Panel 201.
Bomb Aimer: J/12962 Fg Off Kenneth Donovan Kemp RCAF - Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery Plot A Row 13 Grave 12.
2nd Bomb Aimer: J/23966 Flt Lt Maxwell Boyd Calhoun RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 244.
Wireless Operator: J/89270 Plt Off Forast Deloise Billingsley RCAF - Kiel War Cemetery Plot 4 Row F Grave 12.
Mid Upper Gunner: J/26606 Fg Off Kenneth Albert Nordheimer RCAF - Kirkeby Churchyard Grave 918.
Rear Gunner: J/88790 Plt Off Joseph William Carter RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 249.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Bomber Command Losses 1942
http://www.flensted.eu.com/1944097.shtml
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Nachtjagdgeschwader/NJG3.htm
Faldne allierde flyvere 1939-1945 (Anders Bjornvad)
CWGC
London Gazette
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 September 1943 | JB120 | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF | 7 | IJsselmeer, poss near Overijssel |  |
mis |
| 25 July 1944 | PA972 | 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF | 0 | RAF Gransden Lodge |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2013 21:45 | JINX | Added |
| 24-May-2015 20:29 | Z. Zeeland | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 19-Oct-2017 10:22 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2021 17:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2021 17:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 03-May-2023 18:40 | Anon. | Updated [[Source]] |
| 01-Apr-2024 12:29 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source] |
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