ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231034
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| Date: | Friday 14 January 1944 |
| Time: | 18:47 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JA975 |
| MSN: | GT-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bokern, Lohne, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire |
Takeoff at 16:49 hrs for an operation to Braunschweig in Niedersachsen.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Wendelin Breukel of the 4./NJG 2 (based at Deelen airfield in the Netherlands), who was flying a Ju 88 C-6.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JA975
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 July 1944 | PB114 | 156 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk |  |
w/o |
| 30 December 1944 | PB621 | 156 Sqn RAF | 7 | Köln-Rodenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Dec-2019 17:50 | TigerTimon | Added |
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