ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159236
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| Date: | Saturday 11 November 1944 |
| Time: | 19:21 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB369 |
| MSN: | EA-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hohe Schaar, Hamburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fulbeck, Lincolnshire (takeoff at 16:27 hrs) |
11/12 November, 1944; HARBURG: Weather over the target was clear, and much ground detail could be seen as 237 Lancasters from 5 Group passed over the oil refinery at Harburg. F/O Hay (PB504) reported: "One stick of bombs seen to straddle the target and cause an orange explosion with clouds of grey smoke."
Aircraft returning to England were once again confronted with poor weather conditions over Lincolnshire. Fulbeck sent 49's flock up to Carnaby in Yorkshire, where most had landed by 21.56hrs; This just left the O/C of ‘B’ Flight, S/Ldr Harold Gorton (PB369) and crew, flying in A-Able outstanding.
It was later confirmed that the Squadron Leader's Lancaster was one of 7 that were lost on this Harburg operation. The Lanc had been hit by heavy (schwere) Flak and crashed.
Crew:-
Pilot : S/L Harold Gorton RAFVR 120984 (NCO:1380354) [Killed]
2/Pilot : F/O George Ernest Illingworth RAFVR 183122 (NCO:1376485) [Killed]
F/E : Sgt Frederick Edward Jones RAFVR 1472177 [Killed]
Nav : F/S William Gerrard Hannon RAFVR 965557 [Killed]
B/A : P/O Leonard Thomas Francis RAFVR 186468 (NCO:1395808) [Killed]
W/Op : F/O Derek Atkinson Ellis RAAF Aus/419383 [Killed]
M/U : P/O Frank Tingle RAFVR 188457 (NCO:1399218) [Killed]
R/G : P/O Frederick Edwin John RAFVR 186381 (NCO:952751) [Killed]
Crew on their 16th operation. The pilot, along with three of his fellow crew members are buried in Hamburg War Cemetery, the other four (including 2nd pilot F/O Illingworth) have no known graves but are remembered on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
1. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
2. http://www.49squadron.co.uk/personnel_index/detail/Tingle_F
3. 49 sq records and this report.
4. Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
5. Google Maps
6. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 July 1944 | LL976 | 49 Sqn RAF | 7 | 1 km SE of Beauvoir-en-Lyons, Seine-Maritime département |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Aug-2013 18:12 | JINX | Added |
| 31-Dec-2014 01:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2015 10:10 | Cliford | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 12-Dec-2016 08:57 | Pholt | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source] |
| 08-Sep-2021 17:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2021 17:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 09-Jul-2022 14:21 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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