ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139351
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| Date: | Saturday 25 March 1944 |
| Time: | 00:30 LT |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 A-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 9./KG 6 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | 3E+HT |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Redbridge Lane at Ilford, Greater London, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Brüssel-Melsbroek airfield, Belgium |
The aircraft was hit by anti-air and crashed on No. 199 Redbridge Road, Ilford, setting the house on fire and killing three occupants during a bombing raid. They were a woman and her two children.
Feindflug (operational sortie). On the night of 24-25 March, the Luftwaffe raided London as part of operation Steinbock.
Sources:
Kampfflieger - Bombers of the Luftwaffe Summer 1943- May 1945, Volume 4
'The Last Blitz' by MacKay & Parry
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Oct-2011 05:53 | harro | Added |
| 01-Apr-2020 10:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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