ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231213
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| Date: | Friday 21 January 1944 |
| Time: | 22:30 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DV263 |
| MSN: | KM-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | exploded over Waddekath, Diesdorf, Sachsen-Anhalt -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dunholme Lodge, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 20:26 hrs for an operation to Magdeburg in Sachsen-Anhalt.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Major Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein of the Stab/NJG 2, who was flying Ju 88 C-6 R4+XM from Deelen airfield in the Netherlands.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV263
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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 |
| 16 December 1943 | DV238 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 7 | near Diepholz, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Dec-2019 20:58 | TigerTimon | Added |
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