ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159162
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| Date: | Saturday 29 July 1944 |
| Time: | 00:46 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB701 |
| MSN: | EA-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Saint-Martin-sur-Oreuse, Thorigny-sur-Oreuse, Yonne département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fiskerton (takeoff at 22:33 hrs) |
| Stuttgart |
28/29 July, 1944; STUTTGART:
If cloud and bad weather had caused problems on the previous raid, then the bright moon conditions that prevailed over France this night were to prove an even greater hazard to the bombers. As the force of nearly 500 aircraft headed for Stuttgart, German night-fighters were waiting, and in the ensuing air battle 39 Lancasters were shot down. Fiskerton had 12 aircraft airborne.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant William Leonard Powell RAFVR 121347 (NCO:656500 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 16 June, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant John Frederick West RAFVR 1592150 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Geoffrey Edward Franklin RAFVR 142089 (NCO:1577403 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 22 June, 1943) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Albert Stanley Cole RAFVR 151428 (NCO:1317788 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 22 June, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Donald Carl Stephens RAFVR 1339900 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant George Edward Kirkpatrick RAFVR 1184749 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Thomas Moore RAFVR 1868952 [Killed]
Crew on their 17th operation. The crew are remembered on a memorial in the local French churchyard.
Sources:
1. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
2. http://www.49squadron.co.uk/personnel_index/detail/Powell_WL
3. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=425
4. Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
5. Google Maps
6. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 December 1942 | R5762 | 49 Sqn RAF | 7 | sand dunes south of IJmuiden, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 15 June 1943 | ED453 | 49 Sqn RAF | 8 | Klein Reken, Reken, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 22 November 1943 | JB368 | 49 Sqn RAF | 8 | Berlin-Haselhorst | |
w/o |
| 21 November 1944 | PB354 | 49 Sqn RAF | 7 | wooded area at Hörstel, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Aug-2013 08:06 | JINX | Added |
| 30-Dec-2014 23:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2015 10:07 | Coumes | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 28-Jun-2016 12:53 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 12-Jun-2021 09:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2021 09:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 05-Apr-2024 18:35 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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