ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 172515
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| Date: | Sunday 17 December 1944 |
| Time: | 23:00 approx |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | SW245 |
| MSN: | DX-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel off Dieppe (Seine-Maritime département) -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Kirkby, Licolnshire |
Lancaster B.I SW245 "DX-L" of 57 Squadron took off from RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire at 16:15 on 17 December 1944. Failed to return from a raid on München (Germany), all 7 crew on board killed.
Plane is said to have crashed into the sea off Dieppe.
Capt N.C.Evensen RNAF
F/S W.G.Gulliksen RNAF
F/O John Roger Garling RAF, 154595 (name on Runnymede Memorial) (NCO:1435639 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 15 February, 1944)
Sgt H.G.Bjoroy RNAF
W/O Albert Thomason RAF VR 1117171 (buried Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery)
Sgt A.R.Powell RCAF
Sgt D.S.Scott RAF
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J. Hsalley, Air Britain, 1985 p. 16)
2. https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1523
3. http://lostaircraft.com/database.php?lang=en&mode=list&sk=location&sd=d&start=30150
4. http://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/ww2/view.php?uid=501662
5. https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/records/56150/captain-n-c-evensen-royal-air-force-raf-east-kirkby/
6. http://www.luftwaffe.no/Table2.htm
7. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 November 1943 | JB485 | 57 Sqn RAF | 5 | near Bookholzberg, Ganderkesee, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 22 June 1944 | LM580 | 57 Sqn RAF | 1 | Asch, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 6 December 1944 | NG199 | 57 Sqn RAF | 7 | Am Dreisberg (wooded hillside), Mornshausen, Gladenbach, Hessen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Dec-2014 18:01 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 28-Aug-2015 14:14 | gerard57 | Updated [Location, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 18:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 02-Aug-2021 13:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Dec-2023 07:55 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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