ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 216287
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Date: | Monday 18 October 1943 |
Time: | 20:34 |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | DV266 |
MSN: | SR-U |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | east of Weetzen, Ronnenberg, Niedersachsen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Ludford Magna |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Coned by searchlights, shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Paul Szameitat of the 5./NJG 3, flying Do 217 N-1 D5+SN from Schleswig airfield.
In turn, the Dornier took hits in both engines, Hauptmann Szameitat and his crew bailing out safely, the aircraft crashing near Barsinghausen, Niedersachsen.
Takeoff time: 17:21
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV266
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV266 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
16-Oct-2018 06:40 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
27-Oct-2018 20:42 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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