Memorial Collision Lancasters

Memorial collision of Lancasters LM435 VN-E Sqn 50 and ME866 PG-W Sqn 619 RAF during a bombing raid on Fort de Châtellerault fuel depot on 10 August 1944.

Lancaster LM435
F/O D.W.Best, Sergeant A.S.Chapman, Sergeant W.F.Slatter, F/S W.J.King, Sergeant D.V.Muir, Sergeant AADAvey, Sergeant A.H.Morfey.

Lancaster ME866
F/O LAHall, Sergeant AWTaylor, F/S R. Smellie, F/S AWPope, Sergeant ELColley, Sergeant EFChristy RCAF.
Escaped: P/O HJ Cleland.

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Source

• Text: Traces of war
• Photos: Andrew Stevenson