ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267424
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| Date: | Monday 6 November 1944 |
| Time: | 19:27 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 619 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM742 |
| MSN: | PG-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wettringen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Strubby, Lincolnshire |
Took off at 16:29 hrs for an operation, to cut the Mittellandkanal at Gravenhorst, Hörstel (NRW).
The aircraft was shot down by the crew of Hauptmann Modrow & Feldwebel Schneider of the 1./NJG 1, who had taken off from Münster-Handorf at 19:07 hrs in Heinkel He 219 A-2 G9+HH.
Three of the crew rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. One of them was murdered. See the archive report of Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/hookings-eric.html
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 June 1944 | ND986 | 619 Sqn RAF | 7 | Rhine river at Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 24 July 1944 | PB208 | 619 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea, probably southwest of the island of Sylt | |
w/o |
| 19 September 1944 | PB405 | 619 Sqn RAF | 8 | between Roggel and Heythuysen, Limburg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2021 12:01 | TigerTimon | Added |
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