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| Date: | Sunday 25 June 1944 |
| Time: | 00:40 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JA899 |
| MSN: | VN-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ribeaucourt, Somme département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 22:43 hrs for a bombing operation against a flying bomb site at Prouville.
The aircraft was hit by Flak of the 1./gemischte Flak-Abteilung 122 & crashed.
Sources:
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ja899
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/25840-JA8991944-06-25.html
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=956
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Aug-2019 16:38 | tachel | Added |
| 24-Dec-2019 09:46 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 16-Oct-2020 09:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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