ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234612
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| Date: | Saturday 25 March 1944 |
| Time: | 00:12 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND671 |
| MSN: | DX-I |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Geseke, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 18:50 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab IV./NJG 1, who had left St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield in Belgium at 22:16 hrs, in Bf 110 G-4 G9+EZ. The official crash investigation report shows time of crash at 23.30 on 24 March 1944. It mentions night fighter activity in the area, but records flak as the cause of crash. If 23.30 is accurate, then Schnaufer record of 1210 makes it unlikely that he was responsible, although there are several others who could claim credit fitting in with the time frame of 23.30.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ND671
Google Maps
Royal Australian Airforce archive - records of Pilot Officer George Alfred Hampton
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 November 1943 | JB418 | 57 Sqn RAF | 2 | Berlin-Bohnsdorf | |
w/o |
| 24 February 1944 | JB565 | 57 Sqn RAF | 2 | between Romanswiller and Crastatt, Bas-Rhin (67), Grand Est |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Apr-2020 08:19 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 24-Nov-2021 18:25 | Hampton | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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