ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243894
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| Date: | Wednesday 28 June 1944 |
| Time: | 02:27 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 90 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NE145 |
| MSN: | WP-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Canada Farm at Icklingham, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tuddenham, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 23:41 hrs for a bombing operation against a V-1 flying bomb factory at Biennais, Étaimpuis (Seine-Maritime département).
On return, the aircraft was shot down by intruder pilot Leutnant Anselm Markau of the 4./KG 51, who had taken off from Soesterberg airfield (the Netherlands) shortly after 01:00 hrs, in an Me 410 A-1/U2.
The crew of seven were all killed.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/todd-cyril-james.html
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 July 1944 | LM185 | 90 Sqn RAF | 7 | Nederwettensestraat street, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Oct-2020 08:32 | TigerTimon | Added |
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