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Date: | Sunday 2 January 1944 |
Time: | 02:20 LT |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 550 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | DV189 |
MSN: | BQ-T2 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 800 metres north of railroad at Eystrup, Niedersachsen -
Germany
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Grimsby, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 00:15 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
Over Niedersachsen, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Major Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein of the Stab/NJG 2 (based at Deelen airfield in the Netherlands), who was flying Ju 88 R-2 R4+AA.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV189 List of crashes of Allied aircraft between 1 January and 29 February 1944, included in MACR files (http://www.fold3.com/image/#1|38647790)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Nov-2019 18:19 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
02-Dec-2019 18:29 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Narrative] |
03-Dec-2019 08:07 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Location, Source] |