ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 248502
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| Date: | Sunday 13 August 1944 |
| Time: | 00:47 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DV292 |
| MSN: | SR-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Brockum, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 21:33 hrs for an operation against Braunschweig in Niedersachsen.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Dietrich Schmidt of the 8./NJG 1, who had taken off from Twente (the Netherlands) at 23:45 hrs, in Bf 110 G-4 G9+AS.
All eight crew members rest in the Hannover War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV292&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 June 1943 | W4311 | 101 Sqn RAF | 7 | Maas river near Grubbenvorst, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 20 January 1944 | LM387 | 101 Sqn RAF | 8 | 6 km SW of Grabow, Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim, Mecklenburg | |
w/o |
| 8 March 1945 | PD268 | 101 Sqn RAF | 8 | Missing |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Mar-2021 18:30 | TigerTimon | Added |
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