ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243875
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| Date: | Thursday 22 June 1944 |
| Time: | 02:03 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ME808 |
| MSN: | EA-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Loenhout, Wuustwezel, Antwerp -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fiskerton, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:14 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Wesseling in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Günther Schlomberg of the 3./NJG 3, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4.
All seven crew members rest in the Antwerpen (Schoonselhof) Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ME808
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 September 1943 | ED702 | 49 Sqn RAF | 7 | Landau in der Pfalz (claim location); Rheinland-Pfalz |  |
w/o |
| 22 May 1944 | LM539 | 49 Sqn RAF | 6 | Bergsebaan 39, Nispen, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
| Shot down | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Oct-2020 17:13 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Jun-2022 02:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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