ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159169
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 July 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 576 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB265 |
| MSN: | UL-V2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | swamp at Carquebut, Manche département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds |
Took off from RAF Elsham Wolds at 21:08 hrs for an operation against Stuttgart in Germany.
The Lanc was hit from below flying NW of Orléans at 9,500 ft (by Hauptmann Rauh of Stab II./NJG 4) at 00:17 hrs, and fell into a dive with its port wing and two engines damaged and on fire. One of the crew baled out, but the pilot, F/O Sarvis USAAF managed to regain control and the aircraft limped back to Normandy, only to be shot down by US ack-ack near Liesville (Manche).
Over Manche, abandoned by six of the crew, some of whom may have landed in the battle area, though all were eventually reported in safe hands. Fg Off Sarvis USAAF died. The wreckage of his aircraft was not discovered until 1989; he is buried in the US Military Cemetery Normandy, located near St-Laurent-sur-Mer:
Fg Off R J Sarvis USAAF (Killed on Active Service)
Sgt A Balfour (Evaded)
Sgt R T gordon RCAF (Evaded)
Sgt J M Weir (Safe)
Sgt J Coates (Safe)
Sgt E Reed (Safe)
Sgt T A Clark RCAF (Safe)
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World war 1944 Page 350.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/sarvis-robert.html
http://lancasterpb265.blogspot.co.uk/2010_05_01_archive.html
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1421
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Aug-2013 08:16 | JINX | Added |
| 26-Aug-2013 08:17 | JINX | Updated [Registration] |
| 26-Jun-2016 21:49 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 07-Jun-2021 17:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2021 17:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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