ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159170
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| Date: | Saturday 29 July 1944 |
| Time: | 02:11 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB266 |
| MSN: | KM-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wangen, Baden-Württemberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dunholme Lodge |
Took off from RAF Dunholme Lodge at 21:59 hrs for an operation against Stuttgart.
The aircraft was shot down by Oberleutnant Hans-Heinz Augenstein of the 12./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+HZ from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield in Belgium; came down at Stuttgart-Wangen. Those who perished now lie in Durnbach War Cemetery:
Fg Off A J duncan RAAF (Killed on Active Service)
Sgt F R W Waters (Evaded)
Sgt W I Dransfield (PoW)
Sgt H C Kneil (PoW)
Flt Sgt M J Nolan RAAF (PoW)
Flt Sgt Hennessy (Killed on Actice Service)
Flt Sgt G A Walker (Killed on Active Service)
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 359
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 September 1942 | W4169 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 6 | Nijbroekerweg road, Emst, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
| 1 October 1942 | W4187 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 7 | Skallingen, Blåvand, Syddanmark |  |
w/o |
| 3 September 1943 | W4961 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 7 | Velber, Seelze, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 22 June 1944 | LL938 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 4 | Oberembt, Elsdorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Aug-2013 08:16 | JINX | Added |
| 26-Aug-2013 08:19 | JINX | Updated [Operator] |
| 26-Aug-2013 11:38 | Anon. | Updated [Operator] |
| 27-Nov-2014 16:33 | Erectus | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 28-Jun-2016 13:11 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2018 04:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 10-Jun-2021 17:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2021 19:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
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