ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159266
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| Date: | Thursday 17 August 1944 |
| Time: | 01:27 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB384 |
| MSN: | DX-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Alt-Samow, near Swinemünde, Pommern (now Świnoujście, PL) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
| Stettin |
Takeoff at 21:17 hrs for a Gardening (mine-laying) operation.
Coned by 1/Flakscheinw Abt 449. Hit by 2/schw Flak Abt 337, 2/schw Flak Abt 437, 4/schw Flak Abt 662, 2/schw Flak Abt 362, 1/schw Flak Abt 244, 3/schw Flak Abt 403, 5/schw Flak Abt 355 and Flak Battr z.b.V. 10267. Crashed in Forsterei Neuhaus 500m South West of Alt-Samow near Swinemunde at 01:27. (Nachtjagd
https://www.worldwar2stories-sheffield.com/malcolm-crappers-story.php
https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/categories/c55121/
The crew were initially buried as unknowns in Swinemunde New Cemetery.
Reinterred 8 October 1948.
Crew
Pilot: 69487 Flt Lt Stanley Leslie Scutt - Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery Plot 5 Row C Collective Grave 1-10.
Flight Engineer: 1591526 Sgt Malcolm Crapper - PoW/Stalag Luft VII Bankau near Kreuzburg Upper Silesia/Stalag IIIA Luckenwalde/PoW Number 654.
Navigator: J/29573 Fg Off Arthur Stienstra - Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery Plot 5 Row C Collective Grave 1-10.
Bomb Aimer: 153260 Fg Off Ronald Edward Trindall - PoW/Stalag Luft III Sagan & Belaria/Stalag IIIA Luckenwalde/PoW Number 7628.
Wireless Operator: 169016 Fg Off Jack Farnhill - Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery Plot 5 Row C Collective Grave 1-10.
Mid Upper Gunner: A/1970 WO John Shields RAAF - PoW/Stalag VII Bankau near Kreuzburg Upper Silesia/Stalag IIIA Luckenwalde/PoW Number 1261.
Rear Gunner: 1615832 Sgt Clifford Alfred Harris - Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery Plot 5 Row C Collective Grave 1-10.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four - Theo Boiten
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=PB384&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 March 1944 | JB474 | 57 Sqn RAF | 6 | near Saignelégier, JU |  |
w/o |
| 29 July 1944 | PD212 | 57 Sqn RAF | 0 | Allibaudières, Aube département |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Aug-2013 06:13 | JINX | Added |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2021 17:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jul-2022 05:49 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 02-Jul-2022 05:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Country] |
| 02-Jul-2022 05:58 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 10-May-2023 15:54 | Anon. | Updated [[Location]] |
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