ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 248447
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| Date: | Saturday 29 July 1944 |
| Time: | 01:27 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM210 |
| MSN: | VN-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Huchenfeld, Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 22:18 hrs for a bombing operation against Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Kurt Boldt of the 8./NJG 2, who was flying a Junkers Ju 88 from Volkel airfield in the Netherlands.
All seven crew members rest in the Durnbach War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LM210&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 July 1943 | R5687 | 50 Sqn RAF | 7 | Bremerhaven-Lehe | |
w/o |
| 25 June 1944 | JA899 | 50 Sqn RAF | 8 | Ribeaucourt, Somme département |  |
w/o |
| 13 August 1944 | PD237 | 50 Sqn RAF | 0 | La Coubre sector, Charente-Maritime département | |
w/o |
| 3 February 1945 | PA223 | 50 Sqn RAF | 6 | 4 km SW of Hochfelden | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Mar-2021 10:01 | TigerTimon | Added |
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