ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159471
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| Date: | Monday 4 December 1944 |
| Time: | 19:34 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB751 |
| MSN: | KM-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Brettach, Baden-Württemberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Spilsby, Lincolnshire |
Took off at 16:20 hrs for an operation against Heilbronn.
The aircraft was shot down by Feldwebel Helmut Bunje of the 4./NJG 6, who was flying a Junkers Ju 88 G-6 from Schwäbisch-Hall airfield.
All seven crew were taken prisoner of war.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=PB751&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 May 1942 | R5557 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 8 | Missing - North Sea | |
mis |
| 6 October 1942 | W4188 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 7 | Rehmstraße street, Osnabrück, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 13 May 1943 | W4305 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 6 | 3 km south of Hörstel, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 4 September 1943 | DV155 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 6 | Buskow, Neuruppin, Brandenburg | |
w/o |
| 28 June 1944 | ME743 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 7 | English Channel |  |
w/o |
| 13 September 1944 | PD267 | 207 Sqn RAF | 7 | Crashed 23:00 at Birkenstrasse 22, Stuttgart | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Aug-2013 20:29 | JINX | Added |
| 27-Nov-2014 16:44 | Depak | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 11-Sep-2021 08:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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