ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 183121
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| Date: | Friday 21 April 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND748 |
| MSN: | OF-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Piscop, Val-d'Oise département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire (takeoff at 23:11 hrs) |
Shot down by German night fighter during a bombing raid on La Chapelle.
All deceased are buried at Clichy Northern Cemetery, France.
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Douglas Leatherland AFC RAFVR 85674 (NCO:754717 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 22 October, 1940) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Denis Fay Rimmer RAFVR 1673522 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Herbert John Drawbridge RNZAF NZ/413304 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant David Alexander Fraser RAFVR 970100 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant John McAllister RAFVR 1078235 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Warrant Officer Grant Muckart DFC RAF 549273 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Walter Eaton RAFVR 52485 (NCO:548488 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 27 July, 1943) [Killed]
Sources:
http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=97
https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1209
Google Maps
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 August 1942 | R5502 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 7 | Rue des Vaulx, Maurage, La Louvière, Hainaut |  |
w/o |
| 11 August 1943 | ED939 | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 5 | between Langwaden, Bensheim and Hähnlein, Alsbach-Hähnlein, Hessen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jan-2016 18:50 | gerard57 | Added |
| 10-Nov-2018 22:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 15-May-2021 19:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
| 20-Apr-2024 06:57 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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