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Date: | Monday 18 October 1943 |
Time: | 20:25 |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | DV230 |
MSN: | SR-T |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Brelingen, Wedemark, Niedersachsen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Ludford Magna |
Destination airport: | Hannover |
Narrative:Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the 12./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+DZ from Quakenbrück or Leeuwarden airfield.
Also claimed by Oberleutnant Hans Gottuck of the Stab II./JG 301, flying a Bf 109 G-6.
Takeoff time: 17:15
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV230
Schnaufer's take off (19.04 hour) and landing (21.15 hour) : Quakenburg
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV230 Book : "Nachtspook van Sint-Truiden" page 105 and 259
Target of the sortie was Hannover.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Oct-2018 15:52 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
27-Oct-2018 20:41 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
04-Feb-2021 20:28 |
Cvdl |
Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
04-Feb-2021 20:46 |
Anon. |
Updated [Source] |