ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267296
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Date: | Monday 23 October 1944 |
Time: | afternoon |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 619 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | ME787 |
MSN: | PG-J |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | over Zeeland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Strubby, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Took off at 15:12 hrs for a bombing operation against Vlissingen on Walcheren island, Zeeland.
The aircraft was hit by Flak after which four crew members bailed out. They were taken prisoner of war.
Over England, two more crew members took to their parachutes which left the pilot alone; he returned to base.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5635&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
27 July 1944 |
PB346 |
619 Sqn RAF |
7 |
Saint-Jean, La Boissière-sur-Èvre, Montrevault-sur-Èvre, Maine-et-Loir |
|
w/o |
6 November 1944 |
NN723 |
619 Sqn RAF |
7 |
North Sea |
|
mis |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Sep-2021 10:40 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
13-Jun-2022 02:59 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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