ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 219489
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| Date: | Thursday 16 December 1943 |
| Time: | 18:50 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EE188 |
| MSN: | WS-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Salzbergen, Ems, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bardney, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 16:47 for an operation to Berlin.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld of the Stab III./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield, the Netherlands.
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EE188
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EE188
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 January 1943 | W4840 | 9 Sqn RAF | 7 | near steam pumping station Overhagense Weide at Velp, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
| 22 June 1944 | ME704 | 9 Sqn RAF | 3 | De Klomp, Gelderland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Dec-2018 19:49 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 15-Dec-2018 17:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 23-Jun-2022 08:55 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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