ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203896
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| Date: | Friday 14 January 1944 |
| Time: | 19:45 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 576 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM381 |
| MSN: | UL-E2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kollerbeck, Marienmünster, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds, UK |
Operation - Braunschweig.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Otto Fries of the 5./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+DM from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield in Belgium.
Five crew members died in the crash, two became POW.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
Google Maps
http://www.spurensuche-owl.de/front_content.php?idart=104
https://www.northlincsweb.net/576Sqn/html/t_morren_crew_576_sqn.html
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jan-2018 11:06 | gerard57 | Added |
| 06-Jan-2018 11:09 | gerard57 | Updated [Registration, Source] |
| 11-Nov-2018 13:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 30-Nov-2019 21:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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