ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209252
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| Date: | Thursday 15 April 1943 |
| Time: | 03:15 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED752 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sauvillers-Mongival, Hauts-de-France -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Syerston |
Hit by light Flak of the II. Zug./4. leichte Flak-Abteilung 694 (v).
Target: Stuttgart
Call Sign: ZN-H
Takeoff time: 22:00
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Leslie Charles James Brodrick RAF 122363 (NCO:657937 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 16 June, 1942) [PoW] (52nd escapee in the 'Great Escape' from Sagan)
2nd Pilot : Squadron Leader Jerrard Latimer DFC RAF 39286 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Gordon William Hancock RAF 576889 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer James Allan Burns RCAF J/14197 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Lieutenant Royal Navy Gerard Muttrie attached from HMS Daedalus [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Harold Buxton RAFVR 1177603 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant William Thomas McLean RAFVR 1551176 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant H Jones RAF [PoW]
The five crew members who lost their lives are buried in Sauvillers-Mongival Communal Cemetery.
This is the Les Brodrick who was at Stalag Luft III, Sagan, and survived the Great Escape and was featured in the video "The Great Escape ; The Untold Story" on ITV 30-12-2001. He died in April 2013, in South Africa.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/22543-ED7521943-04-15.html
http://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/Jefferies.htm
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Apr-2018 10:06 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 28-Oct-2018 12:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Apr-2024 06:59 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Apr-2024 07:00 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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