ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 176076
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| Date: | Friday 31 March 1944 |
| Time: | 00:48 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 635 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB356 |
| MSN: | F2-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Erksdorf, Stadtallendorf, Hessen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market, UK |
Takeoff at 22:04 hrs for an operation to Nürnberg in Bayern.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Helmuth Schulte of the 4./NJG 5, who had taken off from Parchim airfield (in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) at 23:39 hrs, in Bf 110 G-4 C9+AM.
The entire crew perished in the crash.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB356
Google Maps
https://fliegerschicksale.de.tl/30-.--auf-31-.--M.ae.rz-1944.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-May-2015 20:20 | gerard57 | Added |
| 02-Jun-2015 13:44 | Yety | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 31-Mar-2020 14:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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