ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 312150
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| Date: | Tuesday 16 May 1944 |
| Time: | 00:45 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL963 |
| MSN: | PM-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Assens, Syddenmark -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
Lancaster LL963: Took off at 22:13hrs tasked for mining operations in Kiel Bay (Quinces Region). 15/05/1944
Crashed in Avernako Hoved on the NW edge of the Danish island of Avernako 7 km S of Faborg at 00:45 hrs 16/05/1944
Gardening to Denmark. Dual, full victories awarded to Hptm Franz Buschmann, Stab.IV./NJG3 as his 6th amd to Uffz Heinz Koppe, 10./NJG 3 as his 4th victory.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Kenneth Walter Mitchell RAFVR 172974 (NCO:1391831 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 18 April, 1944) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant David Howells RAFVR 1102739 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant William Kelly RAFVR 1553988 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Ralph Aubrey Tapp RAFVR 1392978 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Douglas Frank Pegrum RAFVR 1800767 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Claude Frederick Bish RAFVR 1333658 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Thomas Kitchener Wright RAFVR 170619 (NCO:1309961 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 22 February, 1944) [Killed]
Sources:
1. Bomber Command Losses bt W R CHORLEY, 1944.
2. Theo Boiten: Nachtjagd 1944 vol 3, p. 007.
3. Henk Welting's Database
5. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 August 1944 | LM116 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | field near Karup, Midtjylland | |
w/o |
| 6 January 1945 | PB528 | 103 Sqn RAF | 2 | 3 km S of Springe bei Alvesrode and 13 km NW of Eize |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-May-2023 20:28 | redsix | Added |
| 07-May-2023 08:59 | Nepa | Updated |
| 13-May-2024 11:25 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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