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Date: | Monday 3 January 1944 |
Time: | 02:00 LT |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 619 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | LM423 |
MSN: | PG-H |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Ankum, Niedersachsen -
Germany
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 23:43 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Kurt Matzak of the 12./NJG 1, who was flying Bf110 G-4 G9+IZ from Leeuwarden airfield in the Netherlands.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LM423the exact crash site (Eggermühlen-Basum) was found by the German historian Volker Urbansky
v.urbansky@t-online.de
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
22 June 1943 |
EE198 |
619 Sqn RAF |
7 |
Heusden - Asten, Noord-Brabant |
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w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Nov-2019 09:52 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
26-Nov-2019 09:54 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Narrative] |