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Date: | Friday 14 January 1944 |
Time: | 18:47 LT |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | JA975 |
MSN: | GT-N |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Bokern, Lohne, Niedersachsen -
Germany
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 16:49 hrs for an operation to Braunschweig in Niedersachsen.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Wendelin Breukel of the 4./NJG 2 (based at Deelen airfield in the Netherlands), who was flying a Ju 88 C-6.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=JA975 Google Maps
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Dec-2019 17:50 |
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