ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159160
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| Date: | Wednesday 30 August 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB249 |
| MSN: | OL-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Crashed Zielkeim East Prussia - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby Lincolnshire |
| Konigsberg |
Took off from RAF Coningsby at 20:21 hrs for an operation against Königsberg.
Hit by Flak, which killed Fg Off Wilkinson RAAF. With the others who died, he is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Flt Lt Richardson has flown his first tour with 54 Squadron, his DFM being Gazetted on 6 June 1941. Sqdn Ldr Sparks had only recently resumed operational flying since evading in the wake of the Mailly-le-Camp raid early in May:
Sqn Ldr Sparks awarded DFC whilst with 83 Squadron. Gazetted 25 January 1946.
Sqn Ldr Sparks awarded DSO. Gazetted 2 October 1945.
Wg Cdr Sparks awarded AFC. Gazetted 1 January 1952.
Sgt Richardson awarded DFM whilst with 58 Squadron. Gazetted 6 June 1941.
Fg Off Wilkinson RAAF awarded DFC whilst with 83 Squadron. Gazetted 19 September 1944.
Citation
Plt Off Wilkinson is an Air Gunner of great ability and determination. He has taken part in a large number of operational sorties, many of which have been against some of Germany’s most heavily defended targets. On one occasion in March 1944, when engaged in an attack on Stuttgart, Junkers 88 attacked the aircraft five times, but Plt Off Wilkinson, by his accurate directions to his captain and coolly aimed return fire, drove off the enemy aircraft in a badly damaged condition. At all at times his unwavering devotion to duty and constant alertness have inspired confidence in his crew.
Crew
Pilot: 43633 Sqn Ldr Ernest Neville Monkhouse Sparks DSO AFC DFC - PoW/Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang PoW Number ?
Flight Engineer: 1735257 Sgt Lawrence George Batchelor - PoW/Stalag Luft VII Bankau near Kreuzburg Upper Silesia/PoW Number 749.
Navigator: 120349 Sqn Ldr Robert Henry Schofield - Runnymede Memorial Panel 201.
Bomb Aimer: J/21611 Fg Off William Edgar Pearson RCAF - PoW/Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang
PoW Number 5296.
2nd Bomb Aimer: 113496 Flt Lt Edwin John Clessie Richardson DFM - Runnymede Memorial Panel 203.
Wireless Operator: 170443 Fg Off Leonard John Daniels - PoW/Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang/PoW
Number?
Mid Upper Gunner: A/400444 Fg Off John Hudson Wilkinson DFC RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 257.
Rear Gunner: 636624 Flt Sgt George William Chesters - PoW/Stalag Luft VII Bankau near Kreuzburg
Upper Silesia/PoW Number 768.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 402.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=PB249&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 April 1943 | R5622 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | Dobřany, Plzeň region, Sudet county |  |
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| 23 November 1943 | JB284 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | between Berlin-Adlershof and Berlin-Köpenick |  |
w/o |
| 8 February 1945 | PB181 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | Ekkersweijer - Terraweg at Best, Noord-Brabant |  |
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| Mid-air collision | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Aug-2013 08:05 | JINX | Added |
| 07-Jul-2016 17:42 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jul-2016 18:08 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator] |
| 10-Nov-2018 21:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 18-Jun-2021 19:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 23-Jun-2023 05:00 | Anon. | Updated [[Time, Source, Damage, Narrative]] |
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