ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 230951
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| Date: | Sunday 2 January 1944 |
| Time: | 03:00 approx |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 100 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB740 |
| MSN: | HW-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Rottorf (Rennau) and Barmke (Helmstedt), Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Grimsby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 00:15 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft was shot down by a Junkers Ju 88 night fighter based at Deelen airfield in the Netherlands.
This was either
Leutnant Wendelin Breukel of the 5./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88 C-6
or
Major Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein of the Stab/NJG 2, who was flying Ju 88 R-2 R4+AA.
The seven crew members rest at the Hannover War Cemetery.
For more info, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB740
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=55607
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 June 1943 | ED553 | 100 Sqn RAF | 7 | Sumbekestraat, Wommelgem, Antwerp |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Nov-2019 19:30 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Nov-2019 20:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source] |
| 02-Dec-2019 18:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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