ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205084
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| Date: | Tuesday 13 June 1944 |
| Time: | 00:27 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DS772 |
| MSN: | EQ-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Avesnes-les-Aubert, département du Nord -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 22:01 hrs for a bombing operation against railway installations at Cambrai.
The aircraft was shot down by Hauptmann Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab IV./NJG 1, who had been scrambled from Chièvres (Belgium) at around 00:12 hrs in a Bf 110 G-4.
Five crew members rest in the local cemetery, while two others have been buried in Belgium.
Sources:
https://www.luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/lancaster-ds772-bij-avesnes-les-aubert-andr%C3%A9-dulait-charles-hanchar
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Google Maps
https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1345
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jan-2018 10:39 | gerard57 | Added |
| 06-Oct-2018 17:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 19-May-2021 18:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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