ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244678
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| Date: | Wednesday 9 December 1942 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4764 |
| MSN: | WS-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Marolles-sur-Seine, Seine-et-Marne département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 17:41 hrs for a bombing operation against Turin in Italy.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein of the Stab II./NJG 2, who was flying a Junkers Ju 88 C-6.
The crew of seven rests at the local cemetery of Marolles-sur-Seine.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=830
Google Maps
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W4764
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 January 1943 | W4843 | 9 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea W of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland |  |
mis |
| 4 July 1943 | ED689 | 9 Sqn RAF | 8 | into the Rhine river near Köln-Poll, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Nov-2020 18:40 | TigerTimon | Added |
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