Mid-air collision Accident Avro Lancaster Mk II LL637,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232334
 
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Date:Wednesday 15 March 1944
Time:23:45 approx
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk II
Owner/operator:408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF
Registration: LL637
MSN: EQ-P
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Hilsenheim, Bas-Rhin (67) -   France
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 19:18 hrs for an operation to Stuttgart in Germany.
The aircraft was claimed shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Rolf Bussmann of the 10./NJG 5 (based at Erfurt-Bindersleben airfield in Germany) who was flying a Bf 110 G-4.

Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Norman Andrew Lumgair RCAF J/86440 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Douglas Cruickshank RAF 620947 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer George Parker RCAF J/85528 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer William Taylor RCAF J/89913 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer William Lawrence Doran RCAF J/86233 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Robert Henry Hudson RAFVR 3050164 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Robert George Alfred Burt RCAF R/206418 [Killed]

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=985
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
27 January 1944 DS709 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF 7 Reichenwalde, Brandenburg w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-Jan-2020 18:11 TigerTimon Added
22-Jan-2020 18:28 TigerTimon Updated [Narrative]
22-Jan-2020 21:47 TigerTimon Updated [Other fatalities]
15-Mar-2024 07:54 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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