ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234590
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| Date: | Friday 31 March 1944 |
| Time: | 01:24 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | ND738 |
| MSN: | AR-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ermreuth, Neunkirchen am Brand, Bayern -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 22:19 hrs for an operation to Nürnberg in Bayern.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Günther Schmidt of the 8./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88 from Twente airfield in the Netherlands.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ND738
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 March 1943 | ED391 | 460 Sqn RAAF | 7 | along the Boerendijk road, Sibculo, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
| 24 December 1944 | PB255 | 460 Sqn RAAF | 7 | Oostelbeers, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 12 March 1945 | PB187 | 460 Sqn RAAF | 6 | Duisburg-Meiderich | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Mar-2020 11:23 | TigerTimon | Added |
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