ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243559
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| Date: | Sunday 28 May 1944 |
| Time: | 03:17 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND925 |
| MSN: | PM-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, West of Vlissingen -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:43 hrs for a bombing operation against the Rothe Erde railway station at Aachen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down over the North Sea by night fighter pilot Major Wilhelm Herget of the Stab I./NJG 4, who had taken off from Florennes airfield. This was Herget's 65th victory.
Five of the crew rest in the Eggewaartskapelle Churchyard, one of them rests in the Coxyde Military Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three, page 28.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ND925
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 October 1943 | JB147 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | 5km North of Kaltenweide |  |
w/o |
| 26 November 1943 | JB458 | 103 Sqn RAF | 6 | between Frankfurt-Höchst and Oberau, Altenstadt, Hessen | |
w/o |
| 2 January 1944 | ND325 | 12 Sqn RAF | 1 | Wingsbach, Taunusstein, Hessen | |
w/o |
| 29 July 1944 | PB147 | 103 Sqn RAF | 7 | Crashed 300 metres from Xaronval (Vosges) at 1.17am per Police report |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Oct-2020 18:44 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2022 12:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 27-May-2023 21:16 | redsix | Updated [[Location]] |
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