ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231040
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| Date: | Friday 14 January 1944 |
| Time: | 19:40 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 550 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DV306 |
| MSN: | BQ-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Vorwohle (700 m. E of the railway station), Eimen, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Killingholme, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 17:10 hrs for an operation to Braunschweig in Niedersachsen.
Probably, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Wendelin Breukel of the 4./NJG 2 (based at Deelen airfield in the Netherlands), who was flying a Ju 88 C-6.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV306
List of crashes of Allied aircraft between 1 January and 29 February 1944, included in MACR files (http://www.fold3.com/image/#1|38647790)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 August 1944 | PA991 | 550 Sqn RAF | 3 | Bollezeele, département du Nord |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Dec-2019 18:15 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Dec-2019 08:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 03-Dec-2019 08:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
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