ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234551
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Date: | Tuesday 11 April 1944 |
Time: | 22:52 LT |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 514 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | LL639 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Groot-Beersel, Kinrooi, Limburg -
Belgium
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 21:01 hrs for an operation to Aachen in Germany.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Hans Fischer of the 12./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LL639 Google Maps
Revision history:
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