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Date: | Friday 14 January 1944 |
Time: | 19:04 LT |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | LL699 |
MSN: | EQ-C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Hellendorf and Negenborn at Wedemark, Niedersachsen -
Germany
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 17:00 hrs for an operation to Braunschweig in Niedersachsen.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Wilhelm Villforth of the 5./NJG 2, who was flying Ju 88 C-6 R4+TN from Deelen airfield in the Netherlands.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LL699 Google Maps
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Dec-2019 18:04 |
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16-Dec-2019 16:07 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Operator] |