ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159052
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| Date: | Saturday 26 August 1944 |
| Time: | 01:38 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PA998 |
| MSN: | QR-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Groß-Gerau, Hessen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 21:01 hrs for an operation against Darmstadt.
The aircraft was shot down by Hauptmann Ernst Wallner of the 6./NJG 6, who had taken off from Mainz-Finthen airfield in Rheinland-Pfalz.
Four of the crew have no known grave and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=PA998&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=Serial&search_type=exact
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 September 1942 | R5679 | 61 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Grønhøj, Karup, Midtjylland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2013 10:55 | JINX | Added |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 16-Jun-2021 14:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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