ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209766
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 April 1944 |
| Time: | 00:08 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM359 |
| MSN: | QR-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | La Chapelle-Thècle, Saône-et-Loire département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire, UK |
Takeoff at 20:55 hrs for a bombing operation against München in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was hit by Longvic-based Flak and finished off by Oberleutnant Karl-Heinz Schäffer of the 6./NJG 4 based at Dôle-Tavaux airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Charles William Joseph Newman RAFVR 172752 (NCO:1389918 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 11 April, 1944) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Ronald Claude Hamilton Jones RAF 646212 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant C Trottner RAF 1386377 [Evaded]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Ernest Joseph Outram RAFVR 1339346 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Robert Arthur Taylor RAFVR 1486979 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flying Officer Eric Robert Alston RAF 48871 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 September, 1943) [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Robert Cecil Gardner RAFVR 1389521 [Killed]
Sources:
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1218
http://www.aerosteles.net/steleen-lachapellethecle-lancaste
http://www.no-50-and-no-61-squadrons-association.co.uk/the-memorials/uk-european-memorials/le-chapelle-thecle/
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Nachtjagdgeschwader/NJG4.htm
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 June 1942 | R5613 | 61 Sqn RAF | 6 | La Hulpe, Walloon Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 4 July 1942 | R5663 | 61 Sqn RAF | 6 | Öresund near Lerberget, Helsingborg |  |
w/o |
| 15 August 1943 | ED722 | 61 Sqn RAF | 5 | Berchères-les-Pierres, Eure-et-Loir 28 | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Apr-2018 11:48 | gerard57 | Added |
| 12-Nov-2018 17:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 15-May-2021 19:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn] |
| 15-May-2021 19:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Apr-2024 06:45 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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