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| Date: | Tuesday 29 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:25 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM323 |
| MSN: | OF-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Solwaster, Liège -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab II./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
The entire crew is buried at Heverlee War Cemetery, Belgium.
Target: Köln
Takeoff time: 22:51
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LM323
Sources:
http://keswick-at-war.yolasite.com/air-force.php
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LM323
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Nov-2016 11:24 | gerard57 | Added |
| 01-Nov-2018 15:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 01-Nov-2018 15:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 15-Nov-2018 15:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Jun-2022 03:15 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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