ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210760
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| Date: | Thursday 13 May 1943 |
| Time: | 23:54 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4305 |
| MSN: | KM-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 3 km south of Hörstel, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Herbert Lütje of the 8./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield, the Netherlands.
Target: Plzeň
Takeoff time: 21:40
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W4305
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/26247-W43051943-05-14.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W4305
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 May 1942 | R5557 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 8 | Missing - North Sea | |
mis |
| 6 October 1942 | W4188 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 7 | Rehmstraße street, Osnabrück, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 4 September 1943 | DV155 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 6 | Buskow, Neuruppin, Brandenburg | |
w/o |
| 28 June 1944 | ME743 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 7 | English Channel |  |
w/o |
| 13 September 1944 | PD267 | 207 Sqn RAF | 7 | Crashed 23:00 at Birkenstrasse 22, Stuttgart | |
w/o |
| 4 December 1944 | PB751 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 0 | Brettach, Baden-Württemberg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-May-2018 19:10 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Oct-2018 10:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 15-Nov-2018 08:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
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