ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90054
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| Date: | Thursday 4 May 1944 |
| Time: | 01:30 |
| Type: |  Westland Lysander Mk IIIa |
| Owner/operator: | 161 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | V9664 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Étampes-Mondésir Airfield, Essonne 91 -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tangmere (UK) |
Mission Forsythia - ESE of Orleans near Ouarville.
Took off from RAF Tempsford at 23:26.
Shot down by Flak at 01:30 over Mondesir airfield (Seine-et-Oise) 8 km SW of Etampes.
Flt Lt Whittaker was awarded the DFC whilst with 542 Squadron. Gazetted 7 December 1943.
Crew
Pilot:65531 Flt Lt Leslie Lawrence Whitaker DFC - Guillerval Communal Cemetery Grave 3
Passengers
Gerald Philip Keun
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/84630/Keun-Gerald-Philip-George-Kane.htm
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2146857/gerald-philip-george-keun/
P Tissier?
The Lysander Flight only changed the Squadron code form MA to JR in April 1944.
Sources:
"We landed by moonlight" - Hugh Verity
http://www.plan-sussex-
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Feb-2011 08:41 | ThW | Added |
| 14-Feb-2011 13:56 | ThW | Updated [Registration, Source] |
| 14-Feb-2011 14:33 | ThW | Updated [Date, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2012 01:28 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Aug-2020 19:06 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jul-2022 17:26 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative] |
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