ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234809
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| Date: | Friday 28 April 1944 |
| Time: | 03:10 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | ND364 |
| MSN: | AR-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Le Haut Pré, Rupt-sur-Moselle, Vosges département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 21:33 hrs for an operation to Friedrichshafen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down in a Schräge Musik attack, by night fighter pilot Leutnant Erich Jung of the 6./NJG 2, who was flying Ju 88 C-6 4R+EP from Kassel-Rothwesten airfield in Germany.
Crew:-
Pilot : Warrant Officer Joseph Leary RAAF Aus/415259 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Thomas Evans Jones RAFVR 1379411 [Killed]
Navigator : Warrant Officer Allan John Farrar RAAF Aus/420928 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Arthur Robert Patterson RAAF Aus/422684 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Henry Gillon McAllister RAAF Aus/21660 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Roy Stanley Pountney RAFVR 1818557 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Leslie Walter Bown RAAF Aus/406094 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1228
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2020 15:18 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Apr-2020 15:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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