ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159154
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| Date: | Friday 18 August 1944 |
| Time: | 14:05 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 630 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB244 |
| MSN: | LE-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mont Rouvel, Bois-Héroult, Seine-Maritime département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Kirby |
| L'Isle-Adam |
Took off from RAF East Kirby at 12:08 to attack a supply depot near Paris. Aircraft hit by flak crossing the Normandy coast and crashed at Rouvray-Catillon, France. Five of the aircrew parachuted before the aircraft crashed. Both Canadians are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial:
Fg Off A F Kemp RCAF (Evaded)
Sgt R D Larritt (Evaded)
Fg Off W J Shearstone RCAF (Killed on Active Service)
Fg Off W F Jones RCAF (Evaded)
Sgt G E Benson (PoW)
Sgt G Cameron RCAF (KIlled on Active Service)
Sgt J W Stirling RCAF (Evaded)
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 388.
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=2786
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.aerosteles.net/stelefr-boisheroult-lancaster&prev=search
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 June 1944 | ME782 | 630 Sqn RAF | 7 | Lage Mierdseweg, Oud-Turnhout, Antwerp |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Aug-2013 05:20 | JINX | Added |
| 03-Jul-2016 14:12 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 05:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2021 17:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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