ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159381
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| Date: | Saturday 30 December 1944 |
| Time: | 21:15 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB621 |
| MSN: | GT-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Köln-Rodenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Cambridgeshire |
Took off at 18:23 hrs for an operation against Köln.
Crashed at Rodenkirchen following a direct hit from Flak of the 7. Flak-Division.
All seven rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=PB621
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=%09PB621&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 January 1944 | JA975 | 156 Sqn RAF | 7 | Bokern, Lohne, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 29 July 1944 | PB114 | 156 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Aug-2013 05:36 | JINX | Added |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:50 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 29-Dec-2020 08:41 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Sep-2021 15:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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