ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231437
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Date: | Thursday 27 January 1944 |
Time: | 20:46 claim |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | DS709 |
MSN: | EQ-P |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Reichenwalde, Brandenburg -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 17:50 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Walter Kammerer of the 6./NJG 5 (based at Parchim airfield in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), who was flying a Bf 110 G-4.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/kearl-eldon-eastham.html Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
15 March 1944 |
LL637 |
408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF |
7 |
Hilsenheim, Bas-Rhin (67) |
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w/o |
Mid-air collision |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
16-Dec-2019 15:14 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
16-Dec-2019 16:08 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Operator] |
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