ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159050
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| Date: | Thursday 13 July 1944 |
| Time: | 01:59 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PA999 |
| MSN: | PM-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Véel, Fains-Véel, Meuse département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds |
Took off from RAF Elsham Wolds at 21:31 to bomb rail facilities. Shot down by a night fighter and crashed 01:15 near Veel (Meuse), 4 km W of Bar-le-Duc. Those who died are buried in Veel Churchyard. Sgt whelan came from Marino, County Dublin in the Irish Republic.
Crew
Plt Off J A Harrison (KIA)
Sgt H H Howles (KIA)
Fg Off A J Faulkner RCAF (KIA)
Flt Sgt R E Greenwood (Evaded)
Sgt J M Mitchinson (KIA)
Sgt L P Whelan (KIA)
Flt Sgt F W Bull (KIA)
*Fw Ernst Reitmeyer (1./NJG5) claimed a Lancaster at Ligny-en-Barrois. Time 01:59. THis would be his 16th kill.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World war 1944 Page 327.
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=917
*Luftwaffe Night Fighter Combat Claims 1939-1945.
https://www.militaryimages.net/media/henry-howard-howles.72698/
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 December 1942 | W4820 | 103 Sqn RAF | 6 | Vavincourt, Meuse département | |
w/o |
| 6 September 1943 | ED751 | 103 Sqn RAF | 0 | north of Saint-Mihiel, Meuse département | |
w/o |
| 20 October 1943 | ED881 | 103 Sqn RAF | 8 | North Sea or Wadden Sea |  |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2013 10:55 | JINX | Added |
| 10-Nov-2014 15:45 | Ivan Lother | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 22-Jun-2016 14:14 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Oct-2018 14:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 07-Jun-2021 15:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source] |
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