ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 264924
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Date: | Thursday 23 September 1943 |
Time: | 23:10 LT |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 467 Sqn RAAF |
Registration: | DV233 |
MSN: | PO-? |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Goddelau, Riedstadt, Hessen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Bottesford, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 19:04 hrs (local time) for an operation against Mannheim in Baden-Württemberg.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and shot down (probably by a Bf 109G of I./JG 300 based at Bonn-Hangelar (NRW)).
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV233&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact Google Maps
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