ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 264843
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Date: | Thursday 23 September 1943 |
Time: | 23:07 LT |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | ED702 |
MSN: | EA-D |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Landau in der Pfalz (claim location); Rheinland-Pfalz -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Fiskerton, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 18:33 hrs (local time) for an operation against Mannheim in Baden-Württemberg.
The aircraft was shot down by Leutnant Heinz Grimm of the Stab IV./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield, the Netherlands.
All seven rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED702&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact Google Maps
History of this aircraft
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22 May 1944 |
LM539 |
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22 June 1944 |
ME808 |
49 Sqn RAF |
7 |
Loenhout, Wuustwezel, Antwerp |
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w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Jun-2021 18:02 |
TigerTimon |
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