ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 248494
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| Date: | Sunday 13 August 1944 |
| Time: | 00:25 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 626 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM599 |
| MSN: | UM-A2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Westercelle, Celle, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 21:39 hrs for a bombing operation against Braunschweig in Niedersachsen.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Horst-Rüdiger Blume of the 8./NJG 2, who was flying a Junkers Ju 88 from Volkel airfield in the Netherlands.
Those who perished rest in the Hannover War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LM599&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 March 1944 | HK539 | 626 Sqn RAF | 7 | Neuwarendorf, Warendorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Mar-2021 16:28 | TigerTimon | Added |
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