ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243531
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| Date: | Sunday 28 May 1944 |
| Time: | 02:24 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 550 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JA712 |
| MSN: | BQ-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rebecq-Rognon, Roosbeek, Walloon Brabant -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Killingholme, Lincolnshire |
Mission to Aachen.
Takeoff at 23:58 hrs for a bombing operation against the Rothe Erde railway station at Aachen in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Friedrich Thörl of the Stab I./NJG 4, who was flying from Florennes airfield. This was Thorl's 3rd credited victory.
Those who did not survive rest in the Brussels Town Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three, page 28.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JA712
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 June 1944 | LM134 | 550 Sqn RAF | 8 | near Achterberg, Rhenen, Utrecht |  |
w/o |
| 23 March 1945 | PD320 | 550 Sqn RAF | 7 | Between Bochum and Dortmund |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Oct-2020 12:16 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2022 11:24 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 27-May-2023 20:45 | redsix | Updated [[Location]] |
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