ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231699
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| Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
| Time: | 01:46-59 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ME637 |
| MSN: | AS-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 15 km NW of Ameland, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:50 hrs for an operation against aircraft assembly factories at Leipzig in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Heinz Vinke of the 11./NJG 1 (based at the Leeuwarden and Bergen airfields), who was flying a Bf 110 G-4.
All seven crew members are missing in action and are commemorated at the Runnymede Memorial.
For their names, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ME637
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 November 1943 | DV247 | 166 Sqn RAF | 2 | near Emlichheim, GB, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 28 May 1944 | LM521 | 166 Sqn RAF | 0 | near Béthune, Pas-de-Calais département (crash-landing RAF Woodbridge) |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Dec-2019 13:39 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 15-Jun-2022 04:21 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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