ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50775
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| Date: | Saturday 25 March 1944 |
| Time: | 00:15 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 625 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ME684 |
| MSN: | CF-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Aaltenseweg 97, Varsseveld, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kelstern |
Took off of RAF Kelstern at at 18:43 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
Homeward-bound, it was attacked by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab IV./NJG 1, who had left St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield (Belgium) in Bf 110 G-4 G9+EZ at 22.16 hrs.
Pilot F/Lt. N.A.W. Clark 55000 RAF / prisoner of war
Flight Engineer Sgt. D.S. Beckwith RAF / evader
Navigator F/O. G. Brand 111651 RAF / prisoner of war
Bomb Aimer F/O. A.D. Bull J/23233 RCAF / prisoner of war
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner F/O. P.C.T. Armytage 410431 RAAF / evader
Air Gunner Sgt. J.B. Remington RAF / evader
Air Gunner Sgt. J.S. Munro RCAF / evader
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3552&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 137.
http://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/Lancaster11579.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 November 1943 | ED321 | 625 Sqn RAF | 7 | Düsseldorf-Reisholz, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Jun-2016 17:09 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 18:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 28-Mar-2020 22:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Phase, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 28-Mar-2020 22:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code] |
| 28-Mar-2020 22:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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