ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 181262
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| Date: | Friday 28 April 1944 |
| Time: | 01:23 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL750 |
| MSN: | SR-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Alt St. Johann-Gräppelensee -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire, UK |
| RAF Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire, UK |
Takeoff at 21:40 hrs for an operation to Friedrichshafen, Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Gerhard Friedrich of the 1./NJG 6, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Illesheim airfield in Germany.
The deceased are buried at Vevey Cemetery, Switzerland.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.moseleians.co.uk/roll-of-honour-2/
http://raf.durham-light-infantry.ch/index.php/4-raf-durham/history/68-raf-memorial-alp-graeppelen
Google Maps
https://warbird.ch/wb-events/von-nachtjaegern-angegriffen/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 June 1944 | LM508 | 101 Sqn RAF | 2 | Werkendam - Biesbosch; Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 2 February 1945 | PB256 | 101 Sqn RAF | 8 | Maudach 2 miles W ofLudwigshafen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Nov-2015 09:53 | gerard57 | Added |
| 09-Oct-2018 05:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 06-Apr-2020 19:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jul-2020 18:31 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source] |
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