ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 78751
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| Date: | Sunday 29 October 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 617 (Dambusters) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NF920 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kainutjeggemyren, Porjus -
 Sweden
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland |
| RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland |
Nickname: "Easy Elsie". Mission: to sink the German battleship "Tirpitz" as a part of "Operation Obviate". Starboard engine hit by anti-aircraft fire over target but she delivers her "tallboy" bomb. On the return leg another engine together with hydraulics was knocked out. Bomb hatch and landing gear fell down. Decided to make a forced landing, wheels down over neutral Sweden in a frozen bog.The pilot hurt his knee during landing, the rest was unhurt.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Daniel William Carey DFC RAAF Aus/432082 [Interned]
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant L W Franks RAF [Interned]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Alexander Millar McKie DFM RAF 55810 (NCO:573076) [Interned]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Donald H McLennan RCAF [Interned]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Arthur Ernest Young RAF [Interned]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Gerald Augustine Andrew Witherick DFM RAFVR 51070 [Interned] (NCO:534756 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 29 December, 1942)
Sources:
http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/porjus.html
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft NA100 - NZ999, published 1992
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Oct-2010 16:00 | Masen63 | Added |
| 05-Sep-2011 11:44 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2011 15:08 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2012 09:21 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source] |
| 09-Oct-2018 18:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Oct-2023 07:11 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]] |
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