ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234830
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| Date: | Thursday 11 May 1944 |
| Time: | 00:15 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 463 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | LL882 |
| MSN: | JO-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dumoulin Brickworks 2 km W of Langemark, West Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 22:20 hrs for an operation to railway yards at Lille in France.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Hans Schmitz of the 4./NJG 1, who had taken off from Deelen airfield in the Netherlands, in a Bf 110 G-4.
The bomber exploded in mid-air, all seven crew members perishing.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/powell-mervyn.html
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 March 1944 | ME573 | 463 Sqn RAAF | 7 | Kornwestheim, Baden-Württemberg |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Apr-2020 08:14 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2022 12:52 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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