ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159142
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 July 1944 |
| Time: | 01:45 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 467 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | PB234 |
| MSN: | PO-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Brabant-le-Roi, Meuse département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington |
Took off from RAF Waddington at 23:01 to destroy a railway junction at Revigny-sur-Ornain.
On its bombing run shot down by the night fighter crew of Oblt. Drünkler, Lt. Kulke (BF) & Uffz. Färber (BM/BS) of the 1./NJG 5 based at Saint-Dizier, flying in Bf 110 G-4 C9+FH; crashing in a field near Brabant-le-Roi (Meuse), a mere 2 km N of Revigny-sur-Ornain.
Those who died are buried in Brabant-le -Roi Churchyard. for most of his captivity Sgt Brownhall was held at Mulhausen:
Fg Off D Beharrie RAAF (KIA)
Sgt W G Johnson (Evaded)
Sgt E E Brownhall (PoW)
Sgt J T Brown (Evaded)
Flt Sgt K J Schott RAAF (KIA)
Flt Sgt F R Rogers RAAF(KIA)
Flt Sgt F K White RAAF (Evaded)
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 337.
http://www.raafdb.com/view_aircraft.asp?id=1297
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=660
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 January 1945 | NF908 | 467 Sqn RAAF | 7 | The Roaches near Leek, Staffordshire, England |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2013 21:39 | JINX | Added |
| 15-Dec-2014 09:32 | Quentin | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2016 20:57 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2018 20:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 21-Sep-2019 16:56 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2021 17:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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