ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267755
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| Date: | Sunday 24 December 1944 |
| Time: | 18:50 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 622 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NF915 |
| MSN: | GI-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Grevenbroich-Flassheide / Erftwerk Siedlung -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk |
Took off at 15:30 hrs for an operation against Bonn-Hangelar airfield.
The aircraft was shot down by Hauptmann Werner Baake of the Stab I./NJG 1, who had taken off from Münster-Handorf airfield at around 17:50-18:00 hrs, in a Heinkel He 219 A-2.
Those who perished rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=NF915&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Sep-2021 09:01 | TigerTimon | Added |
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