ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267297
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| Date: | Monday 23 October 1944 |
| Time: | 19:55 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | KB776 |
| MSN: | VR-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bocholder Straße, Essen-Borbeck, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham |
Took off at 16:13 hrs for an operation against Essen.
The aircraft was hit by the 1. & 6./schwere Flak-Abteilung 233 (o) and the 2. & 3./ schwere Flak-Abteilung 134; crashed into the Bocholder Straße.
All seven rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=KB776&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 June 1944 | KB734 | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF | 5 | Utrechtseweg 48, Zeist, Utrecht |  |
w/o |
| 8 August 1944 | KB755 | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF | 7 | Auberville-la-Renault, Seine-Maritime département |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Sep-2021 11:07 | TigerTimon | Added |
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