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Date: | Monday 6 November 1944 |
Time: | evening |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | PB725 |
MSN: | QR-E |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | east of Coesfeld (grid square JP 2), Nordrhein-Westfalen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Took off at 16:18 hrs for an operation, to cut the Mittellandkanal at Gravenhorst, Hörstel (NRW).
The aircraft was shot down by 22-year-old Hauptmann Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab/NJG 4, who had taken off from Dortmund-Brackel at around 19:00 hrs in Bf 110 G-4 G9+EF.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=PB725&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact Google Maps
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Aug-2013 20:09 |
JINX |
Added |
03-Nov-2018 09:35 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
07-Sep-2021 13:04 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |