ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243818
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| Date: | Thursday 22 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:53 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NE128 |
| MSN: | EA-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Viersen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fiskerton, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:22 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Wesseling.
The aircraft was hit by heavy (schwere) Flak and crashed. The survivors were all taken prisoner of war. Those who did not survive rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=NE128
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 September 1943 | ED416 | 49 Sqn RAF | 5 | south of Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg | |
w/o |
| 26 July 1944 | PB250 | 49 Sqn RAF | 7 | Coignières, Yvelines 78 |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Oct-2020 16:29 | TigerTimon | Added |
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