ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159051
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| Date: | Saturday 8 July 1944 |
| Time: | 00:59 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM541 |
| MSN: | EA-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Le Chesne, Marbois, Eure département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fiskerton, Lincolnshire (takeoff at 22:13 hrs) |
7/8 July, 1944; ST-LUE-D'ESSERENT (CRIEL): 5 Group paid a second visit to the V1 storage dump at St Leu on the 7th. A slightly smaller force of 208 Lancasters led by Pathfinder Mosquitoes, accurately bombed the tunnels in which the flying bombs were stored. But the cost in men and aircraft was to be high; 29 Lancasters and 2 Mosquitoes were lost as German night-fighters again took their toll.
What did shock and sadden many at Fiskerton was the loss of one very experienced crew; F/Lt George Ball DFC (LM541) was flying his 30th operation, and most of his crew their 29th. Tragically they were all killed and are buried in Le Chesne Cemetery, Eure, France:
F/L G.E. Ball DFC Pilot (Killed)
Sgt E. Wardman F/E (Killed)
P/O G. Millar NAV (Killed)
P/O J. Kernahan W/OP (Killed)
Sgt J.A. Kirwan DFM A/G (Killed)
P/O G.A. Rae RCAF A/B (Killed)
F/S G.J.W.Parkinson DFM A/G (Killed)
Crew on their 29th operation.
This Lancaster was shot down by Leutnant Siegfried Elsässer of the Stab II./NJG 2 using Schräge Musik armament, while flying a Ju 88 C-6 from Coulommiers airfield.
Sources:
1. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
2. http://www.49squadron.co.uk/personnel_index/detail/Ball_G
3. https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1159
4. Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
5. Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 June 1943 | ED432 | 49 Sqn RAF | 6 | near the ice cellar at the Fontijnallee road, Doorwerth, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
| 3 January 1944 | JB231 | 49 Sqn RAF | 0 | near Steinförde, Fürstenberg/Havel, Brandenburg |  |
w/o |
| 9 April 1945 | PB374 | 49 Sqn RAF | 7 | Lutzkendorf | |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2013 10:55 | JINX | Added |
| 10-Nov-2014 15:46 | Ivan Lother | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 30-Dec-2014 23:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Dec-2014 23:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2015 10:04 | Cliford | Updated [Operator] |
| 07-Jun-2021 15:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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