ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50029
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| Date: | Tuesday 19 September 1944 |
| Time: | 23:10 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 467 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | PB299 |
| MSN: | PO-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | De Pals, Hapert, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Take off at 19:07 hrs for a bombing operation against München-Gladbach/Rheydt in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Friedrich Forstner of the Stab IV./NJG 1, who had taken off from Dortmund-Brackel airfield in Germany.
In a later statement Flt Sgt Larkin reported “ Hit by night fighter at about 11000 feet. Emergency jump order given by Captain. I baled out about 5000 feet. Aircraft out of control and on fire at rear. Controls gone.
Crashed about 15 miles south west of Eindhoven. At time did not know who baled out. Think one member of crew came down near me. Found his chute and heard him moving about but did not contact him. Think he may have been the Wireless Operator. Thought he was a German so kept quiet. Tried to get to our lines but picked up by Germans about 4 o’clock on 20/9. Released by Russians on 22/4/45.”
Fg Off Findlay survived the crash evaded capture and returned safe to UK.
Those who perished were initially buried in Hapertsche Cemetery Belgium
Reinterred 16 May 1947
Crew
Pilot: A/415937 Fg Off Alec G Findlay RAAF - Evaded
Flight Engineer: Sgt Dennis Henry Francis Burton - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery Plot 30 Row B Grave 2
Navigator: 1492963 Sgt Harry Hemingway - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery Plot 30 Row B Grave 3
Bomb Aimer: A/427387 WO Carl Francis Larkin RAAF - PoW/Stalag Luft 7 Bankau near Kreulberg Upper
Silesia/Stalag Luft 3A Luckenwald/PoW Number 987
Wireless Operator: A/427592 Flt Sgt Robert Keith Emrose RAAF - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery Plot 30 Row B Grave 4
Air Gunner: A/415002 Fg Off William John Woods RAAF - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery Plot 30 Row B Grave 5
Air Gunner: A/436767 Flt Sgt Neil Willington RAAF -PoW/Stalag Luft 7 Bankau near Kreulberg Upper Silesia/Stalag Luft 3A Luckenwald/PoW Number 1012
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4156&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
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Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 October 1943 | ED530 | 467 Sqn RAAF | 6 | 25 miles off Beachy Head |  |
w/o |
| 4 December 1944 | PB740 | 467 Sqn RAAF | 6 | 2 km southwest of Meimsheim, Brackenheim, Baden-Württemberg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Aug-2013 08:41 | JINX | Updated [Date, Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Dec-2014 09:34 | Apen | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 09-Mar-2021 12:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Mar-2021 12:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Jan-2022 17:14 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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