ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 281059
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| Date: | Monday 8 May 1944 |
| Time: | 00:48 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND741 |
| MSN: | KM-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Herbilly Cne de Mer (2km North East) 19km north-east of Blois. -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dunholme Lodge, |
44 Squadron Lancaster ND741 KM-K
Salbriz Ammunition Dump
Took off from RAF Dunholme Lodge at 21:46.
Claim by Lt Fred Hromadnik 9/NJG4 - 30-50km South West of Orleans: 1,600m at 00:48.
Crashed Herbilly Cne de Mer (2km North East) 19km North East of Blois.
The aircraft craft crashed with a full bomb load. The village was destroyed by the explosion which caused several civilian casualties
Crew
Pilot: 85249 Sqn Ldr Colin Havard Hunter - Orleans Main Cemetery Plot 1 Row A Collective Grave 16-27.
Flight Engineer: 1586856 Sgt Frederick Stanley Cooper - Wounded in the head by a glass roof of a house. Handed over to the Germans under threat/PoW/Dulag L Wetzlar/PoW Number 13.
Navigator: 131550 Fg Off Alfred Greenwood - Orleans Main Cemetery Plot 2 Row A Grave 1.
Bomb Aimer: J/23367 Fg Off Gordon Keith Willis RCAF - Orleans Main Cemetery Plot 2 Row A Grave 3.
Wireless Operator: 176036 Plt Off Frederick Arthur Salmon - Orleans Main Cemetery Plot 1 Row A Collective Grave 16-27.
Air Gunner: 172294 Plt Off Richard Colton Alexander - Orleans Main Cemetery Plot 2 Row A Grave 2.
Air Gunner: 172293 Plt Off George Robert Miles - Orleans Main Cemetery Plot 2 Row A Grave 4.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 2 - Theo Boiten
https://francecrashes39--45-net.translate.goog/page_fiche_av.php?id=363&_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 May 1943 | W4110 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 20 km west of Den Helder, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 11 November 1944 | LM648 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 7 | north of Scremby, near Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England |  |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Aug-2022 16:44 | Anon. | Added |
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