ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90113
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| Date: | Friday 29 September 1944 |
| Time: | 13:15 |
| Type: |  Westland Lysander Mk IIIa |
| Owner/operator: | 161 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | V9749 |
| MSN: | MA-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing between France and England -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Le Bourget, Paris |
| RAF Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Missing en route from Le Bourget, Paris to RAF Tempsford, Bedfordshire. The aircraft left Le Bourget at 13:15 hours. According to contemporary reports: "29 September 1944 - 3 Liberators and 2 Wellingtons on RCM (Radar Counter-Measures) sorties, 3 Lysanders on Resistance supply operations, 72 Halifax's on petrol-carrying flights. 1 Lysander lost".
All four on board killed:
Flt Lt Clark awarded MiD. Gazetted 14 June 1945.
Maj Saunders awarded MBE. Gazetted 4 June 1943. (Employed in a Department of the Foreign Office).
Crew
Pilot: 150466 Fg Off James Alan Lamberton - Runnymede Memorial Panel 202.
Passengers
108944 Sqn Ldr Anthony Wilfred Alwyne Compton (161 Sqn) - Runnymede Memorial Panel 200.
106151 Flt Lt Charles Peter Clark MiD (161 Sqn) - Runnymede Memorial Panel 201.
142138 Maj John Walter Saunders MBE AE Royal Corps of Signals - Brookwood Memorial Panel 7 Column 3.
Sources:
1. "We landed by moonlight" - Hugh Verity
2. Halley, J J, 1983, Royal Air Force Aircraft V1000-V9999, W1000-W9999, page 53.
3. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Bedfordshire/TempsfordAircrewLost1944.html.
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1803002/lamberton,-james-alan/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2147981/saunders,-john-walter/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1084799/compton,-anthony-wilfred-alwyne/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1084454/clark,-charles-peter/
8. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/westland-lysander/90742-RAF73004.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Feb-2011 14:27 | ThW | Added |
| 16-Feb-2012 02:00 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-May-2019 21:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Apr-2022 07:51 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 18-Sep-2023 15:45 | Anon. | Updated [[Location]] |
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