ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159596
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| Date: | Wednesday 6 December 1944 |
| Time: | 20:24 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PD322 |
| MSN: | EM-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Westerburg, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Spilsby, Lincolnshire |
Took off at 15:52 hrs for an operation against Giessen in Hessen.
The aircraft was hit over the target by both Flak and a night fighter, and headed westwards with one engine on fire. Some 60 km WSW of Giessen, it was again attacked by a Nachtjäger, Bf110 G-4 2Z+ID in the hands of Feldwebel Weinmann of 11./NJG 6, crashing in a ball of fire at Westerburg.
Those who perished rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
http://www.luftkrieg-grossraum-koblenz.de/app/download/5800514943/06-12-1944_WW_Lfz_01.pdf
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
Google Maps
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=PD322&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 July 1944 | PD210 | 207 Sqn RAF | 6 | Saint-Germain-la-ville, Marne département |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2013 17:26 | JINX | Added |
| 07-Dec-2015 15:19 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Date, Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Source] |
| 01-Nov-2018 08:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Sep-2021 08:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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