ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159549
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| Date: | Saturday 26 August 1944 |
| Time: | 01:31 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PD216 |
| MSN: | EM-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dornheim, Groß-Gerau, Hessen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Spilsby |
Took off from RAF Spilsby at 20:48 hrs for an operation against Darmstadt.
Claim by Maj Harald Lange 3/NJGr10 - Darmstadt: 5,000m at 01:31.
Also claimed by Flak of 1 & 4/schw Flak Abt 322, 2/schw Flak Abt 255, 2/schw Flak Abt 435 and 3 & 7/schw Flak Abt 637 (“unknown type of aircraft 1km North of Wolfkehlen 10km South of Gross Gerau 01:31”) Victory for Maj Lange confirmed on 8 November 1944.
The crew were initial buried next to the wreckage of the aircraft on 27 August 1944 in collective isolated grave 1-7 at Dornheim. Reinterred 1 November 1947.
Crew
Pilot: 89808 Flt Lt Maurice Frederick Cleave Harding - Durnbach War Cemetery Plot 2 Row E
Collective Grave 3-7.
Flight Engineer: 1894705 Sgt Leslie Percy Gower - Durnbach War Cemetery Plot 2 Row E Collective Grave 3-7.
Navigator: J/892268 Plt Off Stephen Simm RCAF - Durnbach War Cemetery Plot 2 Row E Collective Grave 3-7.
Bomb Aimer: 1578097 Flt Sgt Thomas John Jones - Durnbach War Cemetery Plot 2 Row E Grave 1.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 56045 WO Maurice Savage - Durnbach War Cemetery Plot 2 Row E Collective Grave 3-7.
Mid Upper Gunner: 1568684 Sgt Hugh Graham Hamilton - Durnbach War Cemetery Plot 2 Row E Collective Grave 3-7.
Rear Gunner: J/91061 Plt Off Edward Kisilowsky RCAF - Durnbach War Cemetery Plot 2 Row E Grave 2.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World war 1944 Page 392.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1560058/German-farmer-demands-cash-for-lost-bodies.html
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
Google Maps
https://www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com/raf/savage-maurice/
CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 August 1942 | R5616 | 207 Sqn RAF | 6 | tidal area south of the island of Mandø - Frisian Islands |  |
w/o |
| 23 September 1944 | PD318 | 207 Sqn RAF | 7 | De Hoge Duvel, Uddel, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2013 12:28 | JINX | Added |
| 03-Jul-2016 17:21 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 08:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 28-Oct-2019 13:22 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2019 19:57 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2021 17:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-May-2023 11:15 | Anon. | Updated [[Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]] |
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