ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 264558
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 September 1943 |
| Time: | 22:30 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | DV219 |
| MSN: | AR-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bramstedt, Bassum, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 19:00 hrs (local time) for an operation against Hannover.
The aircraft was shot up by Feldwebel Anton Benning of the 8./JG 300 (flying a Bf 109 G-6 from Oldenburg airfield) and engaged by heavy (schwere) Flak. The Lancaster had also been coned by a searchlight.
Five of the crew rest in the Sage War Cemetery; two of them in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV219&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps
http://ww2.dk/air/jagd/jg300.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 September 1943 | DV174 | 460 Sqn RAAF | 7 | Speyer, Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
| 27 September 1943 | JA861 | 460 Sqn RAAF | 7 | Isernhagen, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 10 February 1945 | PB812 | 460 Sqn RAAF | 6 | Caythorpe, Lincolnshire |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jun-2021 15:05 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 25-Jun-2021 15:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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