ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201457
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| Date: | Tuesday 24 March 1942 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5493 |
| MSN: | KM-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing off Lorient -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington |
Took off at 19:50 (local time) for a Gardening (mine-laying) operation.
Believed to have been shot down by Flak in the target area. Following post war investigations and enquiries among local residents on the Island of Croix located off the French coast, 8 miles south west of Lorient, it was established that R5493 was hit by ack-ack fire and exploded in the air, crashing in the sea off the northeast coast of the island. No bodies were recovered from the crash, and it was recorded in 1949 that the missing crew had lost their lives at sea.
Crew
Pilot: Flt Sgt Lyster Warren-Smith SAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 76.
2nd Pilot: Sgt Richard Alfred Marston SAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 89
1st Navigator: Sgt Clive Edward Wigram Clifford RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 112
2nd Navigator: Sgt Alistair Fraser Murdock - Runnymede Memorial Panel 90.
1st Wireless Operator: Sgt Edward Burgess Cluff - Runnymede Memorial Panel 80.
2nd Wireless operator: Sgt John Boyd - Runnymede Memorial Panel 78.
Air Gunner: Sgt Willliam Harold Flower - Runnymede Memorial Panel 83
Air Gunner: Sgt John McNally Davidson - Runnymede Memorial Panel 74.
Sources:
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R5493&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Bomber Command Losses 1942.
CWGC
RAAF PERSONNEL SERVING ON ATTACHMENT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SQUADRONS AND SUPPORT UNITS IN WORLD WAR 2 AND MISSING WITH NO KNOWN GRAVE.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 October 1943 | ED348 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 3 | near Marienberghausen, Nümbrecht, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 16 December 1943 | DV238 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 7 | near Diepholz, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 21 January 1944 | DV263 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 7 | exploded over Waddekath, Diesdorf, Sachsen-Anhalt | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Nov-2017 16:19 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 30-Oct-2018 04:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 10-Mar-2022 20:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Apr-2022 05:49 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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