ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243856
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| Date: | Thursday 22 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:39 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DV360 |
| MSN: | EM-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Großhau, Hürtgenwald, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Spilsby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:23 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Wesseling in Germany.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by Heinkel He 219 A-0 G9+FL flown by Hauptmann Strüning & Oberleutnant Fritz-Konrad Apel of the 3./NJG 1, who had taken off from Venlo airfield (the Netherlands) at around 00:40 hrs.
The crew of seven rests in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV360
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2020 18:38 | TigerTimon | Added |
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