ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 219854
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| Date: | Friday 25 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:25 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED858 |
| MSN: | GT-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Spiel, Titz, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys |
Takeoff at 23:19 for an operation to Wuppertal, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Werner Hoffmann of the 4./NJG 5 (detached to 4./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield, Belgium. Also claimed by heavy Flak.
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/hudson-richard-julian.html
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/hudson-richard-julian.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 July 1943 | EE178 | 156 Sqn RAF | 6 | Glinstedt, Gnarrenburg, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 2 January 1944 | JB476 | 156 Sqn RAF | 7 | western part of Berlin | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Dec-2018 15:18 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 24-Dec-2018 09:02 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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