ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159159
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| Date: | Sunday 13 August 1944 |
| Time: | 00:26-27 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB247 |
| MSN: | PH-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby |
Took off from RAF Wickenby at 21:17 hrs for an operation against Braunschweig in Niedersachsen.
The aircraft was claimed shot down by Oblt. Arnold Brinkmann (8./NJG 3) and by Uffz. Gottfried Schneider (3./NJG 3).
Those who died are buried in Hannover War Cemetery:
Fg Off R S Hancox (Killed on Active Service)
Flt Lt C L Morris (Killed on Active Service)
Sgt D A Nelson (Killed on Active Service)
Fg Off T B Booth (Killed on Active Service)
WO W E Moore (Killed on Active Service)
Sgt R G W Wareham (PoW)
Flt Sgt T E Hayes RCAF (PoW)
P/O Henry Andrew Burt RCAF J/88261 (Killed on Active Service)
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 377.
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Aug-2013 08:04 | JINX | Added |
| 01-Jul-2016 18:20 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 19:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 28-Apr-2021 19:53 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2021 15:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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