ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234578
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| Date: | Friday 31 March 1944 |
| Time: | 00:26 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND562 |
| MSN: | PH-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | north of Holzheim, Mechernich, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 21:55 hrs for an operation to Nürnberg in Bayern.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was claimed shot down by Feldwebel Wolfram Möckel of the 6./NJG 2 (flying a Ju 88C from Deelen airfield in the Netherlands) and by Hauptmann Gerhard Raht of the 4./NJG 3 based at Fliegerhorst Langendiebach in Hessen.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/cook-alistair.html
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 April 1943 | LM313 | 12 Sqn RAF | 7 | NW of Kritzmow, 5 km SW of Rostock, Mecklenburg | |
w/o |
| 9 October 1943 | JB406 | 12 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Schwarmstedt, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 13 June 1944 | PA986 | 12 Sqn RAF | 7 | Mastenbroeker polder, Mastenbroek, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Mar-2020 08:01 | TigerTimon | Added |
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