ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 264977
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| Date: | Thursday 23 September 1943 |
| Time: | 23:21 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 467 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | EE135 |
| MSN: | PO-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bottesford, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 19:01 hrs (local time) for an operation against Mannheim in Baden-Württemberg.
Homeward-bound, shot down by the crew of Oberleutnant Becker & Unteroffizier Johanssen of the Stab I./NJG 6, who were flying Bf 110 G-4 2Z+HB from Mainz-Finthen airfield (Rheinland-Pfalz).
Note: coned by searchlights.
The crew was initially buried in the small village of Altlussheim, 2 km from the crash site.
Today, all rest in the Durnbach War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EE135&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/archive/index.php?t-45171.html
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 August 1943 | ED998 | 467 Sqn RAAF | 6 | Chuisnes, Eure-et-Loir 28 |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jul-2021 15:39 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 02-Jul-2021 15:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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