ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239918
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| Date: | Saturday 4 September 1943 |
| Time: | 00:38 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | JA914 |
| MSN: | DX-O Bar |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Großer Wünsdorfer See, Zossen, Brandenburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 19:30 hrs local time for an operation to Berlin.
Near the target, the aircraft was coned by searchlights and shot up by 'Wilde Sau' pilot Unteroffizier Fritz Brinkmann of the Stab/JG 300, who was flying a Focke-Wulf Fw 190A from Bonn-Hangelar airfield in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
On the 29th of September 1997, the bomber was recovered from the lake. Four of the crew have no known grave and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. The three others are buried in the Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JA914
Google Maps
http://aircrashsites.co.uk/aviation-history/dsc_0152-2/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Aug-2020 09:51 | TigerTimon | Added |
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