ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139115
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| Date: | Thursday 2 December 1943 |
| Time: | 20:14 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | LM316 |
| MSN: | AR-H2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kleinmachnow, Brandenburg (close to the Machnower See) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook |
| RAF Binbrook |
Lancaster LM316 of 460 Squadron RAAF piloted by Flying Officer Alan Roy Mitchell RAAF took off from Binbrook at 16.32 hours on 2. December 1943. Lost during a bombing mission/operation over Berlin on the evening of 2/3 December 1943. The aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by heavy Flak following the bomb drop.
Mr. Nordahl Grieg, A Norwegian War Correspondent, was a passenger during this operation. All crew members and Nordahl Grieg were killed. Four bodies were exhumed after the war from the Garrison Military Cemetery at Doberitz, Berlin and re-interred in the Berlin War Cemetery. Norwegian poet and journalist Nordahl Grieg had escaped to England on board the same ship which carried the Norwegian Royal Family and the Norwegian National Gold Treasure. Nordahl sought permission to take part in a British bombing raid on Germany in 1943. He was able to eventually achieve his goal through the assistance of Laurence Collier, Britain's Minister to the Norwegian Government in exile. Another Norwegian Journalist has placed a Memorial Stone on the exact location where the Lancaster crashed near Döberitz on the outskirts of Berlin. Captain Nordahl Grieg is shown on the plaque. The bodies of Grieg and four of the crew members have never been located.
Sources:
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 June 1944 | ME785 | 460 Sqn RAAF | 7 | near Wesepe, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
| 23 October 1944 | PB351 | 460 Sqn RAAF | 6 | Houghton Hall, Norfolk |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Oct-2011 12:34 | whiteshark | Added |
| 26-Dec-2011 05:30 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Dec-2011 06:35 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 08-Jan-2012 14:34 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2012 16:04 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 30-Nov-2018 12:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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