ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 240326
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 May 1944 |
| Time: | 01:15 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL954 |
| MSN: | AS-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Birgelen, Wassenberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 22:25 hrs for an operation against Dortmund in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Strüning/Oberleutnant Apel of the 3./NJG 1, who had taken off from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands, in Heinkel He 219 A-0 G9+EL. Credited as Struning's 43rd victory.
On board were two Belgian air gunners: Flight Sergeant Armand Richelet (°29 December 1919 Mont-sur-Marchienne) and Flight Sergeant Jean Courtois (°22 July 1906 Hastière-Lavaux). Together with the observer of the crew they were killed, the other four were made prisoners of war.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LL954
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/lancaster-ll954-bij-birgelen-wasserberg-armand-richelet-jean-courtois
Google Maps
Theo Boiten: Nachtjagd 1944 Part 3, p. 019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Aug-2020 17:38 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 21-Aug-2020 17:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-May-2023 05:44 | Anon. | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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