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Date: | Friday 9 July 1943 |
Time: | 01:30 c. |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | ED923 |
MSN: | OF-V |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Bassenge, Liège -
Belgium
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Bourn |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 23:16 for an operation to Köln, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Otto-Friedrich Erlinghagen of the 6./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED923
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED923 https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/lancaster-te-bassenge Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Jan-2019 20:35 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
02-Feb-2019 12:05 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |
26-Jun-2022 03:08 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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