ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243845
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| Date: | Thursday 22 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:20 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ME804 |
| MSN: | KM-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lutselus, Diepenbeek, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dunholme Lodge, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:26 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Wesseling in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Georg Fengler of the Stab IV./NJG 1, who had taken off from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield at 00:45 hrs, in Bf 110 G-4 G9+CF.
The eight crew members rest in the Genk Communal Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/richards-thomas-bryan.html
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 1943 | R5740 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 50 km W of Texel, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 2 March 1944 | ND566 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 1 | near Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg |  |
w/o |
| 22 March 1945 | PB251 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 7 | Bunsoh | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2020 15:35 | TigerTimon | Added |
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