ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 264622
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| Date: | Thursday 23 September 1943 |
| Time: | 22:56 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JA708 |
| MSN: | OF-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | west of Edenkoben, Rheinland-Pfalz (claim location) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 19:30 hrs (local time) for an operation against Mannheim in Baden-Württemberg.
The aircraft was shot down by the crew of Unteroffizier Josef Brunner & Oberleutnant Fritz-Konrad Apel of the 2./NJG 1, who had taken off from Venlo airfield (the Netherlands) at 21:25 hrs, in Bf 110 G-4 G9+FL.
Those who perished rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JA708&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 February 1942 | R5486 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 17 April 1942 | R5513 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 7 | Augsburg (Bayern) | |
w/o |
| 30 July 1943 | ED862 | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 150 km N of Ameland, Friesland |  |
mis |
| 22 March 1944 | ND351 | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 1 | Auf der Horst, Frotheim, Espelkamp, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jun-2021 14:39 | TigerTimon | Added |
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