ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159275
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Date: | Tuesday 12 December 1944 |
Time: | evening |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 635 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | PB453 |
MSN: | F2-S |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Essen-Borbeck; Nordrhein-Westfalen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 16:51 hrs for an operation against Essen.
Hit by Flak of Flakgruppe Essen on the bombing run; exploded and showered wreckage over the western suburb of Borbeck.
All seven rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=PB453&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=PB453 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Aug-2013 07:25 |
JINX |
Added |
23-Oct-2018 20:29 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
29-Dec-2020 08:42 |
Anon. |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
30-Jul-2021 15:53 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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