ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202680
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| Date: | Friday 17 April 1942 |
| Time: | 16:05 |
| Type: |  Douglas DB-7B Boston Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 107 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z2255 |
| MSN: | OM- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel near Cherbourg Harbour. -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Great Massingham, Norfolk |
| RAF Great Massingham |
Boston Z2288: Took off at 14:36 hrs for a diversionary raid in support of Lancasters on the Augsburg Raid. 17/04/1942
Shot down by Oblt Egon Mayer 7./JG2 (Bf109). They were to raid the dock-yards of Cherbourg. Unfortunately they dropped their bombs on a railway line nearby. P/O Grills body was later found on a beach at Looe Bay Cornwall.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Frederick Herbert Ashton Ashford RAF 149853 (NCO:655543 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 09 December, 1941) [Killed]
Observer : Pilot Officer Francis Albert Grills RAFVR 106136 (NCO:1176092 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 October, 1941) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Alfred Donald Gardiner RAFVR 1106543 [Killed]
Sources:
1. ORB 107 Sqdn RAF
2. CWGC
3. Bomber Command Losses 1942.
4. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 February 1942 | W8319 | 107 Sqn RAF | 3 | south-east of Flitcham Abbey, Norfolk, England |  |
w/o |
| 25 April 1942 | AL286 | 107 Sqn RAF | 2 | English Channel 3 miles off Cherbourg, department of Manche, Normandy. | |
w/o |
| 27 April 1942 | Z2194 | 107 Sqn RAF | 0 | near Bourbourg, the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region. | |
w/o |
| 10 June 1942 | AL284 | 107 Sqn RAF | 3 | Missing - North Sea. |  |
w/o |
| 7 November 1942 | Z2157 | 107 Sqn RAF | 4 | Lietard Farm near Weelgem (West Vlaanderen), 6 km NE of Menin |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Dec-2017 15:24 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 24-Jan-2018 17:07 | XindelX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2018 19:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 01-Jun-2020 11:36 | rvargast17 | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 17-Apr-2024 06:58 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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