ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159581
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| Date: | Tuesday 12 September 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 630 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PD283 |
| MSN: | LE-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Schmidthachenbach -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Kirkby |
| Darmstadt |
Took off from RAF East Kirkby at 20:44.
There are two claims for this aircraft:-
Ofw Heinrich Schmidt 2/NJG6 - 70km West of Darmstadt: 2,500m at 00:21.
Hptm Kurt Fladrich 9/NJG4 - Hunsruck NE-N of Trier (RP - RO): 4,200m at 00:21.
Claim by Ofw Schmidt deleted from OKL/RLM NJG6. Confirmed Abschussubersicht rejected.
Victory for Hptm Fladrich confirmed on 12 January 1945.
Crashed at Schmidthachenbach, 12 km ENE of Idar-Oberstein.
The crew were intially buried in Schmidthachenbach Cemetery Communal Grave 12.
Reinterred 14 May 1948.
Crew
Pilot: 178519 Fg Off Charles Robson Faulkner - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 8 Row D Collective Grave 6-10.
Flight Engineer: 201196 Sgt Robert Arthur Godwin Cranefield - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 8 Row D Collective Grave 6-10.
Navigator: 1568089 Sgt George Law Lawrie - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 8 Row D Collective
Grave 6-10.
Bomb Aimer: J/91105 Plt Off Donald McMillan Boyd RCAF - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 8 Row D Collective Grave 6-10.
Wireless Operator: 1398296 Sgt Leslie Alfred Broomfield - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 8 Row D Collective Grave 6-10.
Mid Upper Gunner: 1594504 Sgt Thomas Richard Riley - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 8 Row D Collective Grave 6-10.
Rear Gunner: 1622355 Sgt Ronald Charles Quinn - Rheinberg War Cemetery Plot 8 Row D Collective Grave 6-10.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 415.
CWGC
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 Part 4 - Theo Boiten
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 May 1944 | ND580 | 630 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 100-130 km west of Den Haag (Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands) |  |
w/o |
| 7 January 1945 | PD317 | 630 Sqn RAF | 2 | RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire, England |  |
w/o |
| Bounced on landing | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2013 15:37 | JINX | Added |
| 10-Jul-2016 15:59 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 05:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 29-Jul-2023 14:41 | Anon. | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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