ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 220275
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| Date: | Saturday 26 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:17 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5740 |
| MSN: | KM-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 50 km W of Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dunholme Lodge, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 22:51 for an operation to Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Franz Buschmann of the 12./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen or Leeuwarden airfield.
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R5740
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R5740
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 March 1944 | ND566 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 1 | near Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg |  |
w/o |
| 22 June 1944 | ME804 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 8 | Lutselus, Diepenbeek, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 22 March 1945 | PB251 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 7 | Bunsoh | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Dec-2018 20:06 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 29-Dec-2018 19:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 15-Jan-2019 12:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 05:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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