ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 180569
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Date: | Thursday 4 May 1944 |
Time: | 00:44 LT |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | LL787 |
MSN: | WS-Y |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Normée, Fère-Champenoise, Marne département -
France
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Bardney, Lincolnshire, UK |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The target was the German military camp at Mailly-le-Camp.
Upon returning after completing the bombing mission, the plane was shot down by Oberleutnant Wilhelm Breimer of the 9./NJG 4, who had taken off from Juvincourt airfield.
Five occupants died in the crash.
The deceased are buried at the cemetery of Normée.
Sources:
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=66 http://www.moseleians.co.uk/roll-of-honour-2/ Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-Oct-2015 08:49 |
gerard57 |
Added |
12-Nov-2018 15:19 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
18-May-2021 17:28 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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