ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159149
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| Date: | Sunday 13 August 1944 |
| Time: | 00:15 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB240 |
| MSN: | OL-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Paulikirche district in Braunschweig; Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
| Braunschweig |
Took off from RAF coningsby at 21:10 hrs for an operation against Braunschweig.
Claim by Hptm Heinz Birnschein 9/NJG3 - Braunschweig (i. Zusarb. Schw): 3,000m at 00:15.
Also claimed by Flak of 2/schw Flak Abt 165, 4 & 5/schw Flak Abt 117, schw Hei. Flak Bttr 201/XI and 5/schw Flak Abt 521 (“Lancaster Braunschweig Ortsteil Paulikirche, Pl.Q. GB 7 00:15”). Victory confirmed for Flak and Hptm Birnschein on 18 October 1944.
Crashed Paulikirche district in Braunschweig. Pieces of wreckage were scattered over an area of approximately two square kilometres.
The crew were initially buried in Brunswick Auslander Cemetery. Reinterred 10 May 1947.
WO Beck awarded DFC whilst with 83 Squadron. Gazetted 2 October 1945.
Crew
Pilot: NZ/421134 Fg Off Eric Walter Young RNZAF - Hanover War Cemetery Plot 4 Row D Collective Grave 1-5.
Flight Engineer: 999504 Sgt Clarence Victor Plant - Hanover War Cemetery Plot 4 Row D Collective Grave 1-5.
Navigator: 1338081 Flt Sgt Ronald Alfred Barringer - Hanover War Cemetery Plot 4 Row D
Collective Grave 1-5.
Bomb Aimer: 151983 Plt Off John Frederick James Greig - Hanover War Cemetery Plot 4 Row D
Collective Grave 1-5.
Wireless Operator: 1575948 Flt Sgt Herbert Leonard Heason - Hanover War Cemetery Plot 4 Row D Collective Grave 1-5.
Mid Upper Gunner: J/85903 Plt Off Charles Anthony Roberts RCAF - Hanover War Cemetery Plot 4 Row D Collective Grave 1-5.
Rear Gunner: 1381726 WO Dennis Maurice Beck DFC - Hanover War Cemetery Plot 4 Row D
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
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2013 21:46 | JINX | Added |
| 01-Jul-2016 18:07 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 12:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2021 15:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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