ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234704
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 April 1944 |
| Time: | 02:40 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM486 |
| MSN: | BH-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 10 km West of Vlissingen, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Faldingworth, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 22:09 hrs for an operation to Karlsruhe in Germany.
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 (Belgium) in Bf 110 G-4 G9+DF at 02:40.
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Ludwik Kurowski PAF [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant Wladyslaw Pruss PAF [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Zbigniew Woch PAF [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Wladyslaw Karalun PAF [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Karol Krysiak PAF [Killed]
Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Jozef Walecki PAF [Killed]
Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Michal Wijtyk PAF [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LM486
Google Maps
ORB 300 Sqdn RAF
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 June 1944 | DV286 | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF | 6 | IJsselmeer 3 km S of Wijdenes, Noord-Holland | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Apr-2020 13:18 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Apr-2020 13:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-May-2020 14:44 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 22-Oct-2020 21:40 | Fanda | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 22-Oct-2020 21:41 | Fanda | Updated [Source, Operator] |
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