ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 219488
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| Date: | Thursday 16 December 1943 |
| Time: | 18:45 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DV238 |
| MSN: | KM-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Diepholz, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dunholme Lodge, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 16:21 for an operation to Berlin.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Johannes Gajewski of the 8./NJG 2, flying from Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands.
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV238
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV238
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 March 1942 | R5493 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 8 | Missing off Lorient |  |
mis |
| 1 October 1943 | ED348 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 3 | near Marienberghausen, Nümbrecht, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 21 January 1944 | DV263 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 7 | exploded over Waddekath, Diesdorf, Sachsen-Anhalt | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Dec-2018 19:43 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 15-Dec-2018 17:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 17-Dec-2018 07:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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