ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243858
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| Date: | Thursday 22 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:58 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ND451 |
| MSN: | OF-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Grieth, Kalkar, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:25 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Scholven-Buer.
On Wednesday, 21 June 1944, (a part of) the aircraft of the 97 squadron (RAF), took off for a mission to Scholven, Gelsenkirchen in Germany from a station (airfield) in or near Coningsby.
One of the crew members was F/Lt P A Cunningham. He departed for his mission at 23:25.
He flew with a Avro Lancaster (type III, with serial ND451 and code OF-L). His mission and of the other crew members was planned for Thursday, 22 June 1944.
The aircraft was shot down by Unteroffizier Michler of the 1./NJG 7, who was flying a Ju 88 G-1 from Münster-Handorf airfield.
Those who perished rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ND451
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 April 1942 | L7572 | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 7 | Kaldammen-Ausetvatnet-Skjolstadmark-Trondelag |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2020 18:59 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 15-Jun-2021 18:51 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Aug-2021 20:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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