ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 214806
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| Date: | Tuesday 24 August 1943 |
| Time: | 00:38 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED984 |
| MSN: | OL-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nunsdorf, Zossen, Brandenburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by Oberleutnant Heinz Rökker of the 1./NJG 2, flying Bf 110 G-4 'R4+CA' from Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands.
Probably also hit by Feldwebel Günther Bahr of the 3./NJG 6, flying Bf 110 '2Z+LH' from Mainz-Finthen airfield.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and also claimed by heavy Flak units.
Takeoff time: 20:21
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED984
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED984
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 October 1943 | JB154 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Anreep, Drenthe |  |
w/o |
| 2 January 1944 | ND354 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | Lutten, Goldenstedt, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 11 April 1944 | ND389 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | Boensberg, Merksplas, Antwerp |  |
w/o |
| 11 November 1944 | PB188 | 83 Sqn RAF | 1 | railway station of Hamburg-Harburg | |
w/o |
| 9 May 1945 | PB616 | 83 Sqn RAF | 0 | B.112 Rheine/Hopsten ALG | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2018 12:26 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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