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| Date: | Wednesday 19 July 1944 |
| Time: | 01:30 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 100 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM569 |
| MSN: | HW-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Scholven-Buer, Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Grimsby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:03 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Scholven-Buer.
Over the target, destroyed by heavy (schwere) Flak.
All seven rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LM569
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Oct-2020 16:48 | TigerTimon | Added |
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