ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243819
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| Date: | Thursday 22 June 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 619 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND986 |
| MSN: | PG-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rhine river at Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dunholme Lodge, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:24 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Wesseling.
The aircraft was hit by Flak and crashed into the Rhine river.
All seven crew rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ND986
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 July 1944 | PB208 | 619 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea, probably southwest of the island of Sylt | |
w/o |
| 19 September 1944 | PB405 | 619 Sqn RAF | 8 | between Roggel and Heythuysen, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 6 November 1944 | LM742 | 619 Sqn RAF | 2 | Wettringen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Oct-2020 16:33 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 12-Oct-2020 16:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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