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| Date: | Tuesday 11 April 1944 |
| Time: | 02:20 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | ND586 |
| MSN: | AR-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vieux-Mesnil, département du Nord -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:41 hrs for a bombing operation against the Aulnoye marshalling yards.
Near the target, shot down by Hauptmann Helmut Bergmann of the 8./NJG 4, who had taken off from Juvincourt in a Bf 110 G-4.
All seven occupants died in the crash.
Sources:
http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/archive/recup/region/une-stele-pour-l-equipage-du-lancaster-abattu-le-11-ia23b0n1184878?noCookies=1
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=648
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Feb-2017 11:57 | gerard57 | Added |
| 15-May-2021 18:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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