ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 248453
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| Date: | Saturday 29 July 1944 |
| Time: | 01:47-50 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 428 (Ghost) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | KB759 |
| MSN: | NA-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea 10-60 km off Helgoland island (Schleswig-Holstein) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham |
Takeoff at 22:36 hrs for a bombing operation against Hamburg in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter.
This was either the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Schmidt, Fw. Schönfeld & Fw. Schlosser of the 8./NJG 1, who had taken off from Twente airfield in the Netherlands at 00:21 hrs, in Bf 110 G-4 G9+AS; or the crew of
Major Werner Husemann of the Stab I./NJG 3, who had taken off from Vechta airfield (Niedersachsen) in Ju 88 G-6 D5+XB.
All eight crew members are missing in action and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=KB759&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Mar-2021 10:26 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Mar-2021 18:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Country, Phase, Narrative] |
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