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| Date: | Thursday 22 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:30 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ME683 |
| MSN: | EM-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Bree, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Spilsby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:20 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Wesseling in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab IV./NJG 1, who had taken off from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield (Belgium) at 00:54 hrs in Bf110 G-4 G9+DF.
The seven crew members rest in the Adegem Canadian War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ME683
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2020 17:51 | TigerTimon | Added |
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