ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 237123
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| Date: | Sunday 20 September 1942 |
| Time: | 03:28 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5554 |
| MSN: | KM-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Forêt de Mormal forest, Locquignol municipality, département du Nord -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Operation - München, Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Herget & Feldwebel Liebherr of the 9./NJG 4, who were flying a Bf 110 from Juvincourt airfield.
Those who did not survive rest in the Maubeuge-Centre cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=378
Google MapsNotes
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=812
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 December 1942 | W4125 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 5 | Bad Rappenau, Baden-Württemberg |  |
w/o |
| 22 June 1943 | LM330 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 8 | North Sea poss off Friesland |  |
w/o |
| 22 June 1944 | LM592 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 7 | Walik, Riethoven, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 16 July 1944 | PB206 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 40 km west of Nymindegab (Syddanmark) (claim location) |  |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jun-2020 08:17 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 19-Jun-2020 08:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 25-Feb-2022 21:01 | redsix1 | Updated [Source] |
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