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| Date: | Thursday 22 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:26 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 467 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | LL971 |
| MSN: | PO-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Zwillbrock, Vreden, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:04 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Scholven-Buer.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Richard Heuke of the 4./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Deelen airfield in the Netherlands.
Those who perished rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LL971
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2020 17:17 | TigerTimon | Added |
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