ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159566
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| Date: | Sunday 13 August 1944 |
| Time: | 01:15 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PD260 |
| MSN: | AS-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wagenfeld, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington |
Took off from RAF Kirmington at 21:20 hrs for an operation against Braunschweig in Niedersachsen.
The aircraft was shot down by Oberleutnant Arnold Brinkmann of the 8./NJG 3, who had taken off from Schleswig airfield.
All are buried in Hannover War Cemetery:
WO2 L W Davies RCAF (Killed on Active service)
Sgt H E Arbon (Killed on Active service)
Fg Off W R Smith RCAF (Killed on Active service)
Flt Sgt H E Squibb RCAF (Killed on Active service)
Sgt H Bodger (Killed on Active service)
Flt Sgt R J Sinclair RCAF (Killed on Active service)
Flt Sgt D R Culverson RCAF (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 380.
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2198491
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 May 1944 | ME775 | 166 Sqn RAF | 2 | Thoiry, Seine-et-Oise |  |
w/o |
| 28 May 1944 | ND996 | 166 Sqn RAF | 7 | Stahe, Gangelt, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2013 15:25 | JINX | Added |
| 30-Jun-2016 13:09 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 18:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 06-Feb-2020 00:09 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Feb-2020 03:38 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2021 11:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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