Lancaster LM621 Mk.I/III - Bombing Vierzon France - 1944-06-30 to 1944-07-01
Squadron: 100 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1944-06-30
Completion Date: 1944-07-01
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Vierzon France
Target Specific: rail yards
Base: RAF Grimsby
Take Off Time: 22:10:00
Squadron Code: HW-C
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: France
Crash Specifics: Vouzon, Loir-et-Cher
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim: Hptm Fritz Sothe of 4/NJG4
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100 Squadron RAF (Sarang tebuan jangan dijolok) RAF Grimsby. Lancaster III aircraft LM 621 HW-C was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Hptm Fritz Sothe of 4/NJG4 during an operation to bomb the rail yards at Vieron, France. The bomber crashed at Vouzon, Loir-et-Cher, France, some 29 miles north of the target

Mid-Upper Air Gunner, Sergeant John Eason Sharpley (RAFVR) was killed in action

Flight Sergeant Frederick Harold Fulsher (RCAF), Flying Officer William Kay (RAFVR) and Sergeant Harry Dale (RAFVR) were captured to become Prisoners of War. Fulsher and Kay were sent to Buchenwald Concentration Camp and held for a time before the German Luftwaffe transferred them to Stalag Luft 3

Sergeant William Edward Struck (RCAF) and Flying Officer James Douglas Frink DFC (USAAF) and Sergeant Ernest Harrop (RAFVR) all evaded capture with the help of French locals and Resistance fighters

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