ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234587
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| Date: | Friday 31 March 1944 |
| Time: | 00:34 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 514 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LL698 |
| MSN: | JI-J2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oberpleis, Königswinter, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 22:13 hrs for an operation to Nürnberg in Bayern.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was claimed shot down by Leutnant Günther Lomberg of the 3./NJG 6 (flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Mainz-Finthen airfield in Rheinland-Pfalz) and by Unteroffizier Wilhelm Kleebauer of the 8./NJG 2 (who had taken off from Twente airfield in the Netherlands, in Ju 88 R-2 coded R4+DS).
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LL698
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Mar-2020 10:33 | TigerTimon | Added |
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