ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 181290
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| Date: | Saturday 1 July 1944 |
| Time: | 01:27 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL863 |
| MSN: | SR-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 km southwest of Massay, Cher département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ludford Magna, UK |
| Vierzon Railway Yards - ABC Duties. |
Took off from RAF Ludford Magna at 22:25.
Claim by Htpm Fritz Sothe 4/NJG4 - Vierzon-Bourges area (HE): 2,000m at 01:27.
Crashed on a farm just outside Massay (France) South West of Vierzon.
Flt Lt Daniel was the Squadrons Gunnery Leader.
Statement by Plt Off Taylor:-
“I abandoned the aircraft at approximately between 400 to 600ft. Unfortunately I did not give the order to abandon aircraft as the intercom failed as soon as we were hit. However I informed the Engineer and Navigator by visual means. Whether the Navigator informed the Wireless Operator I am unable to say. I am also unable to say whether anyone baled out of the rear exits or not.
I was unable to approach the persons whose parachute had not fully opened as there were several people around him and consequently I am unable to identify him.
The whole of the port wing was on fire and I was unable to put it out by the Graviner switches. I believe it must have been the petrol tanks that exploded”.
Crew
Pilot: 172574 Plt Off Harry Taylor - Evaded/Returned to UK 7th September 1944.
Flight Engineer: 1530097 Sgt Levi Livesey Kay - St-Doulchard Communal Cemtery Military Plot Row D Grave 3.
Navigator: 1004177 Sgt Thomas Dennis Duggan - St-Doulchard Communal Cemtery Military Plot Row D Grave 1.
Bomb Aimer: J/27399 Fg Off Walter Bennett Beatty RCAF - St-Doulchard Communal Cemtery Military Plot Row D Grave 2.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1437605 Sgt Conrad Gallimore Wenyon - St-Doulchard Communal Cemtery Military Plot Row D Collective Grave 5-7.
Specialist Operator: 2210062 Sgt Kenneth Hannell - St-Doulchard Communal Cemtery Military Plot Row D Collective Grave 5-7.
Mid Upper Gunner: 1348489 Sgt William Robertson Cowan - St-Doulchard Communal Cemtery Military Plot Row D Collective Grave 5-7.
Rear Gunner: 148281 Flt Lt Ronald Basil Daniel - St-Doulchard Communal Cemtery Military Plot Row D Grave 4.
Sources:
https://101squadronassociation.org.uk/memorials.html
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1372
http://www.aerosteles.net/steleen-massay-lancaster
Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 September 1943 | W4324 | 101 Sqn RAF | 7 | Lintel, Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 3 January 1944 | DV269 | 101 Sqn RAF | 4 | near Michendorf, Brandenburg | |
w/o |
| 21 February 1945 | PB671 | 101 Sqn RAF | 3 | Dortmund | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Nov-2015 14:24 | gerard57 | Added |
| 09-Oct-2018 05:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-May-2021 11:02 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2021 15:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
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