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Date: | Tuesday 25 July 1944 |
Time: | 02:25 LT |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | ND628 |
MSN: | AS-Y |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 2 km northwest of Rheinsheim, Philippsburg, Baden-Württemberg -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 21:10 hrs for a bombing operation against Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg.
The aircraft was claimed shot down by Feldwebel Heinz Misch of the 7./NJG 2 (took off from Volkel airfield, the Netherlands in Ju 88 G-6 4R+ER) and by Unteroffizier Heinrich Buhlmann of the 11./NJG 5.
Both claims were confirmed as full victories.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/heath-gordon.html Google Maps
Liste (M.S.) for aircraft Fw. Misch
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Mar-2021 10:15 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
02-Mar-2021 10:37 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Narrative] |
02-Mar-2021 19:14 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |