ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159040
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| Date: | Thursday 3 August 1944 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | PB125 |
| MSN: | AR-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | St-Maclou-de Folleville (Seine-Maritime) -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook |
Took off from RAF binbrook at 11:38 to attack a flying bomb storage site at Trossy St.Maximin.Crashed at St-Maclou-de Folleville (Seine-Maritime) where all are buried in the local churchyard alongside three airmen fro 57 Squadron who were killed four weeks previous. The village itself is located 6 km E of Totes.
Crew
Fg Off R C Fidock RAAF (Killed on Active Service)
Sgt D C Stock (Killed on Active Service)
Flt Sgt R H Jones (Killed on Active Service)
Flt Sgt W R Hullett RAAF (Killed on Active Service)
Flt Sgt K F Heidman RAAF (Killed on Active Service)
Sgt J E Trollope (Killed on Active Service)
Sgt J Burke (Killed on Active Service)
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 368.
http://aircrewremembered.com/fidock-robert.html
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=414
http://www.asaapicardie3945.fr/index.php/english/airmen/197-summer-1944-saint-leu-d-esserent-in-turmoil
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2013 10:55 | JINX | Added |
| 04-Jun-2015 07:53 | INV | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 28-Jun-2016 22:20 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2018 09:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 12-Jun-2021 09:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
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