ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 217901
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| Date: | Thursday 18 November 1943 |
| Time: | 20:35 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JA970 |
| MSN: | MG-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hommelwerke, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by Major Helmut Weinreich of the Stab/JG 301, flying an Fw 190 A-5 from Frankfurt – Rhein-Main airfield. His Focke-Wulf, however, was severely damaged by return fire and he was later killed when attempting to force-land his aircraft at Frankfurt – Rhein-Main airfield.
Target: Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany
Takeoff time: 17:13
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JA970
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JA970
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 September 1943 | JA929 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | Berlin-Reinickendorf | |
w/o |
| 22 November 1943 | EE119 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | Hessendorf near Rinteln, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 23 November 1943 | JB480 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | Unknown (Berlin raid) | |
mis |
| 23 April 1944 | ND353 | 7 Sqn RAF | 3 | target area - Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 6 January 1945 | PB526 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | 12 km SSW from Bad Zwischenahn | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Nov-2018 08:55 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 16-Nov-2018 13:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2018 19:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 29-Oct-2019 11:03 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator] |
| 01-Nov-2019 19:54 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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