ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232142
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 March 1944 |
| Time: | 22:58 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 625 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DV194 |
| MSN: | CF-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Obereschach, Villingen-Schwenningen, Baden-Württemberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kelstern, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 19:08 hrs for an operation to Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Alfred Rauer of the 3./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+LL from Laon-Athies airfield in France.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/hodgkins-frank.html
https://www.schwarzwaelder-bote.de/inhalt.1944-jagdbomber-ueber-obereschach-als-das-dorf-knapp-einer-katastrophe-entging.b2d7b1cc-8b30-4729-8409-d39a5925e0bc.html
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jan-2020 20:01 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 15-Mar-2021 15:32 | gerard57 | Updated [Other fatalities, Source] |
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