ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 229932
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| Date: | Tuesday 8 August 1944 |
| Time: | 00:07 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | KB755 |
| MSN: | VR-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Auberville-la-Renault, Seine-Maritime département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St-George |
| Caen France |
Takeoff at 21:22 hrs for an operation against strong points (Operation Totalize).
The aircraft was shot down by Leutnant Johannes Strassner of the 2./NJG 2, who was flying a Junkers Ju 88 from Châteaudun airfield.
Entire crew perished:
Pilot F/O B Walker J/18652 RCAF,
Flt/Engineer Sgt B Jones 1175759, RAFVR
Navigator P/O J Durrant J/89213, RCAF
Bomb Aimer P/O P Merrick J/29679, RCAF
Wireless Operator W/O1 J Schryer R/111994, RCAF
Mid-Upper Gunner F/Sgt W. Longmore 1819806, RAFVR
Rear Gunner Flt/Lt M Wilson J/15458 RCAF
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=630
http://disc.yourwebapps.com/discussion.cgi?disc=169401;article=4486;
http://www.419squadron.com/KB755.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=walker
http://www.6bombergroup.ca/Aug44/Aug7~844.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 June 1944 | KB734 | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF | 5 | Utrechtseweg 48, Zeist, Utrecht |  |
w/o |
| 23 October 1944 | KB776 | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF | 7 | Bocholder Straße, Essen-Borbeck, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Oct-2019 15:28 | tachel | Added |
| 12-Jun-2021 10:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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