ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 198593
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| Date: | Sunday 20 August 1944 |
| Time: | 23:18 LT |
| Type: |  Consolidated B-24 Liberator B Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 178 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | KG938 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lehen, Mitterkirchen im Machland, Kreis Perg, Oberösterreich -
 Austria
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Amendola |
The aircraft failed to return from a low-level supplies drop to Polish Home Army in Warsaw.
It was coned by searchlights, hit by five heavy (schwere) Flak batteries and crashed, as witnessed by the Kommandeur of the 7. Flakbrigade.
F/O John Eric Morrison crew: 6 KIA, 1 POW.
According to German documents the crash location was a field 2 km east of Mitterkirchen on the road Mitterkirchen-Baumgartenberg. Casualty no. ME 1931.
Sources:
http://www.bundesheer.at/download_archiv/pdfs/missing_in_action.pdf
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=Kg938
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=59640
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/qhQAAOSwdaVcSGPp/s-l1600.jpg
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Aug-2017 09:26 | Alpine Flight | Added |
| 19-Aug-2018 11:10 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 22-Mar-2021 20:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Mar-2021 20:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, Photo] |
| 22-Mar-2021 20:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
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