ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243822
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Date: | Thursday 22 June 1944 |
Time: | 01:17 claim |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 619 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | ED859 |
MSN: | PG-V |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Hetzerath, Erkelenz, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Dunholme Lodge, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 23:12 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Wesseling.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Weiner of the 2./NJG 3, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4.
There were no survivors amongst the crew. All rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED859 Google Maps
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