ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 230146
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| Date: | Tuesday 13 June 1944 |
| Time: | 00:16 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | KB726 |
| MSN: | VR-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gaudiempré, Pas-de-Calais département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St-George (takeoff at 21:44 hrs) |
| Cambrai, France |
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Friedrich Thörl of the Stab I./NJG 4, who was flying a Junkers Ju 88 from Florennes airfield in Belgium.
1 dead, WO2 Mynarsky RCAF received the Victoria Cross for his selfless bravery to save the trapped rear gunner F/O Brophy, who lived to tell the tale when he was flung clear of the wreckage.
Sources:
http://aircrewremembered.com/de-breyne-arthur.html
https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=550
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 May 1944 | KB706 | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF | 7 | behind Kromstraat 2 at Tilburg, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Oct-2019 06:53 | tachel | Added |
| 19-May-2021 18:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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