ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231339
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Date: | Sunday 2 January 1944 |
Time: | 05:46 LT |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | DV308 |
MSN: | SR-V |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Grandrieu, Sivry-Rance, Hainaut -
Belgium
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Operation - Berlin.
The aircraft was damaged by night fighter pilot Major Wilhelm Herget of the Stab I./NJG 4, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Florennes airfield. Damaged in the main fuel tank, it exploded in mid-air.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV308 Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
21 July 1944 |
LL779 |
101 Sqn RAF |
8 |
end of Ossenkapelweg road, Handel, Noord-Brabant |
|
w/o |
13 August 1944 |
PB258 |
101 Sqn RAF |
2 |
Barver, Niedersachsen |
|
w/o |
3 February 1945 |
PB457 |
101 Sqn RAF |
0 |
RAF Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire, England |
|
w/o |
23 February 1945 |
PA237 |
101 Sqn RAF |
7 |
Gültstein southeast of Herrenberg |
|
w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Dec-2019 20:12 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
11-Dec-2019 20:18 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Location, Country, Narrative] |
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