ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 248455
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| Date: | Saturday 29 July 1944 |
| Time: | 01:35-39 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 576 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL905 |
| MSN: | UL-H2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Blauberg, Sarrewerden, Bas-Rhin département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 21:10 hrs for a bombing operation against Stuttgart in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter.
The attacker was either Hauptmann Martin Becker of the 2./NJG 6 (flying Bf 110 G-4 2Z+MK) or Unteroffizier Egon Engling of the 8./NJG 2 (took off at 23:37 hrs from Volkel airfield, the Netherlands in Ju 88 4R+US).
Three of the crew were taken prisoner of war.
Sources:
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1452
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 January 1944 | ME585 | 576 Sqn RAF | 7 | Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 17 August 1944 | LM133 | 576 Sqn RAF | 1 | Höör, Skåne |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Mar-2021 10:50 | TigerTimon | Added |
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