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Date: | Saturday 26 August 1944 |
Time: | 00:55 LT |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | PB345 |
MSN: | OL-Q |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Nüstenbach, Mosbach -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 21:04 hrs for an operation against Darmstadt.
Shot down by Uffz. Hans Rechenberg of the 1./NJG 6, who was flying a Bf 110 G-4.
Three of the crew rest in the Durnbach War Cemetery.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
Google Maps
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=PB345&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=Serial&search_type=exact Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Aug-2013 16:59 |
JINX |
Added |
09-Nov-2018 16:34 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
16-Jun-2021 14:31 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
30-Apr-2023 17:10 |
TB |
Updated |