ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 147447
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| Date: | Sunday 17 September 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 617 (Dambusters) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB416 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nes -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Yagodnik |
| RAF Woodhall Spa |
Missing in transit. Crashed after participating in bombing of Tirpitz, and was making its way from Russia back to its base in UK. The captain was Frank Levy.
However, they went of course and without fuel they crashed in a mountain in the municipality of Nes. The crew were buried in the mountains, but moved down to the local churchyard after the war where they are honoured with flags, speeches and God Save the Queen every 17th of May on Norway’s national day.
There are 10 headstones on the churchyard and it was 10 nails in the wooden cross that the locals made where the plane crashed.
Sources:
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?118555-Lancaster-PB416-crash-in-Norway-1944&p=1918055#post1918055
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Aug-2012 06:35 | gerard57 | Added |
| 13-Aug-2012 01:34 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 19-Aug-2013 13:15 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 27-Aug-2013 06:12 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2014 15:47 | Polish | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 09-Oct-2018 18:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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