ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 264621
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| Date: | Thursday 23 September 1943 |
| Time: | 22:55 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ED868 |
| MSN: | OF-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ruchheim, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 19:39 hrs (local time) for an operation against Mannheim in Baden-Württemberg.
The aircraft was shot down by Leutnant Heinz Bock of the 8./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield in the Netherlands.
Note: coned by searchlights.
All seven rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED868&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 June 1942 | R5571 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 7 | Henrichenburg, Castrop-Rauxel, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 27 January 1943 | W4135 | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 2 | Maarheeze, SE of Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 22 November 1943 | JB238 | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 3 | Gellenbeck, Hagen am Teutoburger Wald, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 25 March 1944 | JB671 | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 7 | Luyksgestel, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jun-2021 14:32 | TigerTimon | Added |
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