ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 265009
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| Date: | Monday 27 September 1943 |
| Time: | 23:05 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED372 |
| MSN: | AS-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Giesen, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 19:21 hrs (local time) for an operation against Hannover.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak; crashed.
Those who perished rest in the Hannover War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/knott-sidney.html
Google Maps
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 September 1943 | ED904 | 166 Sqn RAF | 7 | Dortmund area, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jul-2021 08:09 | TigerTimon | Added |
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