ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158509
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| Date: | Tuesday 13 June 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 100 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PA969 |
| MSN: | HW-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Lost Without Trace - |
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Grimsby |
Took off from RAF Grimsby at 23:07 hrs for an operation against the Nordstern synthetic oil plant at Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Lost without trace. All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. At 39, Sgt Booth was well over the average age for airmen employed on operational duties:
Plt Off M C Hennessy (KIA)
Sgt J V Dew (KIA)
Sgt H J Newcombe (KIA)
Flt Sgt W J Massey (KIA)
Flt Sgt R J Willis (KIA)
Sgt J C Booth (KIA)
WO K S Biggs (KIA)
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 275.
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2013 06:24 | JINX | Added |
| 03-Jun-2015 07:41 | AlLah | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 16-Jun-2016 14:27 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2018 16:50 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 19-May-2021 18:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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