ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231349
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| Date: | Sunday 2 January 1944 |
| Time: | 04:45 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND325 |
| MSN: | PM-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wingsbach, Taunusstein, Hessen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 00:30 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft was damaged by heavy Flak, the crew bailing out except for the pilot.
Dennis Smith was the only fatality from this crew: ‘His parachute failed to deploy fully after he had been hit by the tailplane when baling out and his body was found by the Germans in a forest clearing and identified by a captured crew member.’ His remains were re-interred in the Durnbach War Cemetery after the War.
Pilot Officer K.L. West performed a forced landing with wheels down and the aircraft incurred damage to its right main wheel on an obstruction at Wingsbach.
For more info on the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ND325
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 October 1943 | JB147 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | 5km North of Kaltenweide | |
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| 26 November 1943 | JB458 | 103 Sqn RAF | 6 | between Frankfurt-Höchst and Oberau, Altenstadt, Hessen | |
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| 28 May 1944 | ND925 | 103 Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea, West of Vlissingen |  |
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| 29 July 1944 | PB147 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | Crashed 300 metres from Xaronval (Vosges) at 1.17am per Police report |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Dec-2019 08:53 | TigerTimon | Added |
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