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| Date: | Sunday 17 August 1941 |
| Time: | 01:52 |
| Type: | Avro Manchester Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7384 |
| MSN: | OF- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kinrooi, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 22:50 hrs for an operation 'to destroy enemy communications near Düsseldorf'.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and intercepted by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hermann Reese of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=L7384
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Mar-2020 18:05 | TigerTimon | Added |
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