ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 264978
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Date: | Thursday 23 September 1943 |
Time: | 23:20 LT |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 100 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | ED883 |
MSN: | HW-V |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Nußdorf, Landau in der Pfalz; Rheinland-Pfalz -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Grimsby, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 18:38 hrs (local time) for an operation against Mannheim in Baden-Württemberg.
Homeward-bound, shot down by Oberleutnant Lenz Finster of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
Note: coned by searchlights.
All seven rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED883&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Jul-2021 16:20 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
02-Jul-2021 16:48 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Narrative] |
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