ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 180569
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| Date: | Thursday 4 May 1944 |
| Time: | 00:44 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL787 |
| MSN: | WS-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Normée, Fère-Champenoise, Marne département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bardney, Lincolnshire, UK |
The target was the German military camp at Mailly-le-Camp.
Upon returning after completing the bombing mission, the plane was shot down by Oberleutnant Wilhelm Breimer of the 9./NJG 4, who had taken off from Juvincourt airfield.
Five occupants died in the crash.
The deceased are buried at the cemetery of Normée.
Sources:
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=66
http://www.moseleians.co.uk/roll-of-honour-2/
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 January 1943 | W4159 | 9 Sqn RAF | 7 | Hackfort west of Vorden, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
| 3 April 1943 | ED694 | 9 Sqn RAF | 7 | Lactariaweg road, Stevensbeek, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Oct-2015 08:49 | gerard57 | Added |
| 12-Nov-2018 15:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 18-May-2021 17:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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