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Date: | Wednesday 6 December 1944 |
Time: | 20:35 approx |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | ME725 |
MSN: | QR-G |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Ilschhausen, Ebsdorfergrund, Hessen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthorpe, UK |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Took off at 16:39 hrs for an operation against Giessen.
Crashed due to night fighter attack. Two crew members died.
Sources:
https://fliegerschicksale.de.tl/06-.--Dezember-1944.htm Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-May-2015 16:25 |
gerard57 |
Added |
02-Jun-2015 13:41 |
yarbi |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
14-Sep-2021 08:42 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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