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| Date: | Monday 6 November 1944 |
| Time: | 19:35 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 463 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | NF990 |
| MSN: | JO-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | road between Lotte - Tecklenburger Land; Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Took off at 16:45 hrs for an operation, to cut the Mittellandkanal at Gravenhorst, Hörstel (NRW).
The aircraft was shot down by the crew of Leutnant Fries & Feldwebel Staffa of the 2./NJG 1, who had become airborne from Münster-Handorf at 19:04 hrs in Heinkel He 219 A-0 G9+GK.
Navigator Sergeant Cecil Sunderland did not survive.
Mid-upper gunner Sergeant Stanley Harding succumbed to his injuries on the 25th of November.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=NF990&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2021 12:24 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Sep-2021 12:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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