ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267308
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 November 1944 |
| Time: | 20:42 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | KB767 |
| MSN: | VR-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | southwest of Venlo, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham |
Took off at 17:01 hrs for a bombing operation against Oberhausen in Germany.
Homeward-bound and at 15,000 feet SW of Venlo, severely shot up by the crew of Hauptmann Hager/Oberleutnant Freymann/Oberfeldwebel Pölzl of the 6./NJG 1 (flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Düsseldorf airfield in Germany); both gun turrets and intercom rendered u/s, starboard elevator shot away, starboard wing root set on fire, two engines shot out, rear gunner, WOp and navigator injured, crash-landed RAF Manston.
The damage was assessed as category E (write off).
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=KB767&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Sep-2021 19:14 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Sep-2021 19:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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