ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 265086
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Date: | Monday 27 September 1943 |
Time: | 23:13 LT |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | EE189 |
MSN: | VN-S |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Groß Förste, Giesen, Niedersachsen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 19:31 hrs (local time) for an operation against Hannover.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Schmidt, Feldwebel Schönfeld & Unteroffizier Hahne of the 8./NJG 1, who were flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+AS from Twente airfield in the Netherlands.
Those who perished rest in the Hannover War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EE189&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact Google Maps
History of this aircraft
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25 July 1944 |
PA968 |
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7 |
between Callac and Porcherais at Pontchâteau (Loire-Atlantique) |
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w/o |
9 April 1945 |
NG342 |
50 Sqn RAF |
7 |
Wollingst |
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w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-Jul-2021 08:07 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
05-Jul-2021 08:33 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Narrative] |
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