ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158517
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| Date: | Saturday 15 July 1944 |
| Time: | 01:57 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PA984 |
| MSN: | GT-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Ancervillie (Meuse) -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood |
Took off from RAF Upwood at 22:01 to bomb rail facilities and flying as Deputy Master Bomber. In the vicinity of the target, hit by cannon fire from a night fighter and broke into two sections before crashing at 01:57 Near Ancervillie (Meuse), 20 km SW of Bar-le-Duc. Of those who dies, five rest in Ancerville Communal Cemetery, while Belgian born Fg Off Debrock, whose body lay undiscovered until March 1945, has now been taken back to his home country.
Crew
Sqdn Ldr G G Davies DSO (POW)
Fg Off F C G Debrock (KIA)
Fg Off R Coker (KIA)
Flt Lt K Stevens (POW)
Fg Off F Holbrook DFC (KIA)
Flt lt H G M Robinson DFC RAAF (KIA)
Fg Off F J Lockwood DFC (KIA)
Fg Off D D Plantana DFC RCAF (KIA)
*Ofw Reinhard Kollak (8./NJG4) claimed a four engined aircraft E St.Dizier at 02:05. This would be his 45th kill.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 330.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/george-davies.html
*Luftwaffe Night fighters Combat Claims 1939-1945.
http://www.raafdb.com/view_aircraft.asp?id=2118
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=242
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 May 1943 | W4943 | 156 Sqn RAF | 3 | near the Karweg road, Otterlo, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
| 20 February 1944 | JA921 | 156 Sqn RAF | 6 | Zuid Ervenweg, Eemnes, Utrecht | |
w/o |
| 21 February 1945 | PB701 | 156 Sqn RAF | 3 | Düsseldorf (NRW) |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2013 08:22 | JINX | Added |
| 22-Jun-2016 15:18 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 10:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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