ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231714
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| Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
| Time: | 03:22 approx |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JB469 |
| MSN: | EA-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Bröckel, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fiskerton, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:53 hrs for an operation against aircraft assembly factories at Leipzig in Sachsen.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was damaged by the night fighter pilots Oberleutnant Martin Becker of the 2./NJG 6 (who was flying Bf 110 G-4 2Z+MB from Stendal airfield in Sachsen-Anhalt) and by Leutnant Walter Briegleb of the 10./NJG 3, respectively.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JB469
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Dec-2019 20:48 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Dec-2019 20:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 27-Dec-2019 20:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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