ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159543
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 July 1944 |
| Time: | 01:41 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PD210 |
| MSN: | EM-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Saint-Germain-la-ville, Marne département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Spilsby |
Took off from RAF Spilsby at 22:53 to destroy a railway junction. homebound, believed to have fallen victem to a Fw 190, whose cannon fire caused the Lancaster to explode, ejecting Sgt Chapple.
Actually, the aircraft was shot down by the Kommodore of NJG 3, Oberstleutnant Helmut Lent, who was flying Junkers Ju 88G D5+AA.
The bulk of the wreckage fell at St-Germain-la-Ville in the Marne, a village W of the road twixt Chalons-sur-Marne and Vitry-le-Francois. Those who died lie in St-Germain-la-Ville Churchyard:
Fg Off W R McNaighton (KIA)
Sgt A Supkovitch (KIA)
Flt sgt J Hague (KIA)
Fg Off R Tibbs (KIA)
Sgt J K Chapple (Evaded)
Sgt C higgins (KIA)
Sgt H F Edmunds RCAF (KIA)
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.207squadron.rafinfo.org.uk/memorials-stgermainlaville.htm
http://olivier.housseaux.free.fr/AVIONS/PD210/photos.htm
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=34
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 December 1944 | PD322 | 207 Sqn RAF | 4 | Westerburg, Rheinland-Pfalz |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2013 12:05 | JINX | Added |
| 22-Jun-2016 16:23 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 09:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 07-Jun-2021 16:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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