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Date: | Saturday 8 July 1944 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | PA996 |
MSN: | VN-J |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Mesnil-Mauger (Seine-Maritime) -
France
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthrope |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Took off from RAF Skellingthorpe at 22:05 to destroy a flying-bomb storage depot at St.Leu d'Esserent. Exploded, throwing clear the pilot, and crashed 02:00 at Mesnil-Mauger (Seine-Maritime), 8 km NNW of Forges-les-Eaux> Those who perished rest in Mesnil-Mauger Communal Cemetery.
Crew
Plt Off Laidlaw RCAF (Evaded)
Sgt R N Harper (KIA)
Flt Sgt F R Hopkins RCAF (KIA)
WO2 S A Motriuk RCAF (KIA)
Sgt D Austin (KIA)
WO2 J D Bishop RCAF (KIA)
Sgt P O K Noren RCAF (KIA)
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 322.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Aug-2013 10:55 |
JINX |
Added |
21-Jun-2016 17:22 |
Red Dragon |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
12-Nov-2018 18:49 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
04-Jun-2021 17:09 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Phase, Source] |