ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159289
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 November 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB465 |
| MSN: | PM-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Cologne -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds |
| Dortmund |
Daylight mission. Whilst approaching the target in heavy congestion at the Cologne turning point, aircraft was involved in a collision with another Lancaster, PD313, of 550 Squadron. The starboard rudder of aircraft sustained serious damage and the order to bail out was given. The Bomb aimer managed to escape though his hatch, aircraft exploded immediately after he fell out.
Crew:-
Pilot: F/S Jackson Chartis Cooke CGM RCAF - KIA
Flight Engineer: Sgt Edward Walter McGrath RAFVR - KIA
Navigator: F/S James Alfred Goff RCAF - KIA
Bomb aimer: F/O G T Mortimer RAFVR - POW (injured) (NCO:1339777 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 28 September, 1943)
Wireless Op/Air Gunner: W/O Francis Ignacious Roy Bruce Hill RCAF - KIA
Air Gunner: F/S John Herbert Charles McCoubrey RCAF - KIA
Air Gunner: F/S Melvin Osborne Orr RCAF - KIA
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
https://www.northlincsweb.net/103Sqn/html/jackson_cooke_103_sqn.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=pb465&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=PB465
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 January 1943 | W4335 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | Noorderhagen Enschede, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
| 3 August 1943 | ED645 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Hanstedt, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 6 September 1943 | LM343 | 103 Sqn RAF | 0 | vicinity of Cherbourg (presumably) |  |
w/o |
| 25 May 1944 | ND624 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | Sistig, Kall, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 18 August 1944 | PB363 | 103 Sqn RAF | 3 | Le Nieppe, Ruisscheure; département du Nord (target area) | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Aug-2013 08:33 | JINX | Added |
| 10-Nov-2014 15:48 | Ivan Lother | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 16-Feb-2022 01:46 | tachel | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2022 01:54 | tachel | Updated [Source] |
| 29-Nov-2023 07:50 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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