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| Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
| Time: | 04:18 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND470 |
| MSN: | MG-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tollwitz, Sachsen-Anhalt -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 00:02 hrs for an operation against aircraft assembly factories at Leipzig in Sachsen.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Manfred Tischtau of the 8./NJG 5 (based at Neuruppin airfield in Brandenburg), 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/curtis-frank.html
Google Maps
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Nachtjagdgeschwader/NJG5.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2019 13:00 | TigerTimon | Added |
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