ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 264527
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Date: | Wednesday 22 September 1943 |
Time: | 22:16 LT |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
Registration: | JA859 |
MSN: | AR-? |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Mahndorf, Bremen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 19:03 hrs (local time) for an operation against Hannover in Niedersachsen.
The aircraft was damaged by Oberleutnant Heinz Ferger of the 3./NJG 3, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4. The Lancaster was coned by searchlights and engaged by heavy (schwere) Flak; crashed.
All eight crew members rest in the Becklingen War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JA859&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact Google Maps
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