ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 230954
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| Date: | Sunday 2 January 1944 |
| Time: | 03:12 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DV370 |
| MSN: | EM-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Brunnental at Helmstedt, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Spilsby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 00:03 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Major Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein of the Stab/NJG 2 (based at Deelen airfield in the Netherlands), who was flying Ju 88 R-2 R4+AA.
The crew rests at Hannover War Cemetery.
For more info, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV370
http://www.lancaster-archive.com/lanc_unknowncrashsites.pdf
List of crashes of Allied aircraft between 1 January and 29 February 1944, included in MACR files (Fold3)
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 August 1943 | W4120 | 207 Sqn RAF | 6 | near Hoef aan de Pan, Maarheeze, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 18 October 1943 | W4276 | 207 Sqn RAF | 6 | south of Wettbergen, Hannover, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 22 June 1944 | LM578 | 207 Sqn RAF | 8 | North Sea NW of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Nov-2019 19:36 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 02-Dec-2019 18:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Dec-2019 08:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source] |
| 01-Jan-2024 22:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
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