ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231326
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Date: | Friday 21 January 1944 |
Time: | 23:45 LT |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | LL724 |
MSN: | QO-N |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Wagenhoff, Niedersachsen -
Germany
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF East Moor, North Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 20:27 hrs for an operation to Magdeburg in Sachsen-Anhalt.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Wolfgang Knieling of the 4./NJG 5, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LL724 Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
16 December 1943 |
DS831 |
432 (Leaside) Sqn RCAF |
6 |
Weidum - Wijtgaard, Friesland |
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w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Dec-2019 17:59 |
TigerTimon |
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