ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 264620
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| Date: | Thursday 23 September 1943 |
| Time: | 22:50 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | DV174 |
| MSN: | AR-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Speyer, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 18:39 hrs (local time) for an operation against Mannheim in Baden-Württemberg.
The aircraft was shot down by Leutnant Hans-Heinz Augenstein of the 9./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield in the Netherlands.
Note: coned by searchlights.
All seven rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV174&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 September 1943 | JA859 | 460 Sqn RAAF | 8 | Mahndorf, Bremen | |
w/o |
| 22 September 1943 | DV219 | 460 Sqn RAAF | 7 | Bramstedt, Bassum, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 27 September 1943 | JA861 | 460 Sqn RAAF | 7 | Isernhagen, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 10 February 1945 | PB812 | 460 Sqn RAAF | 6 | Caythorpe, Lincolnshire |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jun-2021 14:26 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Jun-2021 14:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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