ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231296
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| Date: | Friday 21 January 1944 |
| Time: | 23:10 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5895 |
| MSN: | EM-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | outskirts of Dannigkow, Gommern, Sachsen-Anhalt -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Spilsby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 20:11 hrs for an operation to Magdeburg in Sachsen-Anhalt.
Possibly, the aircraft was damaged by night fighter pilot Leutnant Edgar Honold of the 2./NJG 2 (based at Kassel-Rothwesten airfield in Hessen), who was flying a Ju 88 C-6.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/read-jack.html
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 June 1943 | ED569 | 207 Sqn RAF | 7 | Hoornseweg, Wognum, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 16 November 1944 | NF979 | 207 Sqn RAF | 7 | Schenkelstraße, Düren, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 4 December 1944 | PB765 | 207 Sqn RAF | 3 | Holtzwihr, Porte du Ried, Haut-Rhin département |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Dec-2019 06:54 | TigerTimon | Added |
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