ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158522
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| Date: | Friday 21 July 1944 |
| Time: | 01:24 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PA979 |
| MSN: | OF-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel 20 km NW Dunkerque (claim location) -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Took off from RAF Coningsby at 23:19 to bomb railway yards at Kortrijk (Courtrai) in Belgium.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Josef Krahforst of the 2./NJG 4, who had taken off from Florennes airfield in Belgium.
All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Flt Lt Barker had flown previously with 61 Squadron, his DFM being published on 13 August 1943. On this sortiee he was acting as a second air bomber:
Fg Off H W J Edwards (KIA)
Fg Off W Hannah DFC (KIA)
Flt lt E C Burt DFC (KIA)
Flt Lt J Skingley DFC (KIA)
Fg Off K S H Barker DFM (KIA)
Plt Off A W A Burnell (KIA)
Flt Lt C R Underhill (KIA)
Flt Sgt J Rumney (KIA)
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 344.
http://www.97squadron.co.uk/Coningsby%20crew%20Edwards.html
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2013 08:22 | JINX | Added |
| 24-Jun-2016 14:25 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 15:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 10-Nov-2018 22:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 23-Oct-2020 11:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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