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| Date: | Thursday 22 June 1944 |
| Time: | 02:16 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 630 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ME782 |
| MSN: | LE-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lage Mierdseweg, Oud-Turnhout, Antwerp -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:08 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Wesseling in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Manfred Scheunpflug of the Stab I./NJG 3, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4.
All seven rest in the Antwerpen (Schoonselhof) Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/hart-thomas.html
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/lancaster-lm115-te-oud-turnhout
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Oct-2020 19:33 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Jun-2022 02:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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