ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243495
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| Date: | Thursday 25 May 1944 |
| Time: | 02:30 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 576 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NE171 |
| MSN: | UL-Y2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mulartshütte, Roetgen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:45 hrs for a bombing operation against the Westbahnhof railway station at Aachen.
The aircraft was engaged and brought down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Schulte, Uffz. Sandvoss & Uffz. Fischer of the 7./NJG 6, who were flying Bf 110 G-4 2Z+AR from Hagenau airfield in modern France.
In return, the Messerschmitt was hit by falling bombs and abandoned by its crew. Uffz. Sandvoss did not survive nor did the entire Lancaster crew.
This was Schulte's s
2nd victory of the night, and 15th total victory.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three page 25.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=NE171
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Oct-2020 19:01 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 20-May-2023 21:19 | redsix | Updated |
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