ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 172526
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| Date: | Friday 31 March 1944 |
| Time: | 01:07 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND466 |
| MSN: | GT-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Eisfeld, Thüringen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Cambrigeshire |
Lancaster III ND466 "GT-Z" of 156 Squadron, RAF. Target: Nuremberg. Took off from RAF Upwood at 22:30 on March 30th 1944. Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Joachim Hanss of the Stab I./NJG 5, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Stendal airfield in Sachsen-Anhalt.
The Lanc crashed at Eisfeld, 12 Km E of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia (at aproximate Coordinates: 50°25′N 10°55′E).
Four of the eight crew were KIA, the other four were taken PoW:
S/L P R Goodwin POW
F/O W C Isted DFM POW
P/O C A Rose RAAF died
F/O E H J Summers POW
F/O J V Scrivener RCAF POW
F/O H C Frost died
W/O J C Baxter DFM died
W/O V Gardner DFM died
They were on the seventeenth operation of their second tour (first tour being 20 and the path finder tour was 25).
Sources:
1. http://www.rafupwood.co.uk/156losses.html
2. Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
3. Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 January 1944 | JA702 | 156 Sqn RAF | 5 | eastern IJsselmeer, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Dec-2014 19:53 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 03-Jun-2015 15:28 | Quentin | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 09-Jun-2016 20:03 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Operator] |
| 04-Mar-2018 17:44 | Red Dragon | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 10:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 31-Mar-2020 14:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Apr-2020 20:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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