ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 195444
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| Date: | Monday 8 May 1944 |
| Time: | 00:15 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL891 |
| MSN: | ZN-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Loreux (Loir-et-Cher) -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Metheringham, UK |
Takeoff at 22:19 hrs for an operation against a munitions depot at Salbris.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hptm. Hans-Karl Kamp, Fw. Franz Stein & Uffz. Willem Rürup of the Stab III./NJG 4, who were flying a Bf 110 G-4.
All eight occupants died in the crash:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Ernest Richard (Dickie) Penman RAFVR 150252 (NCO:1540684 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 18 May, 1943) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flying Officer Louis David Steylaerts RAFVR 152408 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Robert Newton Johnson RAFVR 1488745 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Eric Lewis Sharp RAFVR 151339 (NCO:1051592 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 May, 1943) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Elmer Oscar Aaron RCAF J/25067 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Samuel Roger Patti RAFVR 1576385 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Robert Ford Stubelt RCAF R/200124 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant John Andrew Roberts RAFVR 2208978 [Killed]
Sources:
http://www.luchtvaarterfgoed.be/content/monument-lancaster-ll891-zn-b-fo-lodewijk-david-steylaerts
http://www.aerosteles.net/steleen-loreux-lancaster
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 January 1945 | PB617 | 106 Sqn RAF | 7 | St-Palais-sur-Mer | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2017 12:55 | gerard57 | Added |
| 27-Oct-2018 21:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 18-May-2021 17:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Feb-2024 14:36 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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