ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 249222
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| Date: | Sunday 15 October 1944 |
| Time: | 20:25 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ME692 |
| MSN: | A4-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea 60-90 km N of Schiermonnikoog, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Witchford, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 17:45 hrs for a bombing operation against Wilhelmshaven in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter of Nachtjagdgeschwader 3, either flown by Oberleutnant Arnold Brinkmann of the 8. Staffel or by Unteroffizier Werner Kroschke of the 10. Staffel.
All eight crew members are missing in action and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ME692&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 January 1944 | DS667 | 115 Sqn RAF | 1 | near Ackendorf, Hohe Börde, Sachsen-Anhalt |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2021 15:10 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 29-Mar-2021 15:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Mar-2021 08:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 15-Jun-2022 00:39 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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