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| Date: | Saturday 17 June 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM173 |
| MSN: | PM-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:22 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Sterkrade/Holten in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft went missing over the sea. Probably, it was intercepted by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Martin Drewes of the Stab III./NJG 1, who had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield (the Netherlands) at 00:55 hrs, in a Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 (Lancaster | sea 80 km WSW IJmuiden (GH 7): 4.700 metres | 02.16 hrs).
None of the seven crew members has a known grave.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LM173
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Oct-2020 12:15 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 09-Oct-2020 12:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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