ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232194
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| Date: | Friday 24 March 1944 |
| Time: | 23:58 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND463 |
| MSN: | AR-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Schötmar, Bad Salzuflen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 18:46 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
The airplane was crippled by Flak over Bielefeld and finished off by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Alfred P. Thiele of the 3./NJG 3, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Vechta airfield in Niedersachsen.
Six crew members died in the crash, one became POW.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ND463
Google Maps
http://www.spurensuche-owl.de/front_content.php?idart=152
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/archive/index.php?t-13922.html
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/18272-ND4631944-03-25.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jan-2020 09:13 | gerard57 | Added |
| 03-Feb-2020 20:13 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 01-Apr-2020 10:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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