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Date: | Friday 14 January 1944 |
Time: | 20:00 claim |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 576 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | ME585 |
MSN: | UL-H2 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Niedersachsen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Operation - Braunschweig, Niedersachsen.
Probably, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Major Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein of the Stab/NJG 2, who was flying Ju 88 R-2 R4+AA from Deelen airfield in the Netherlands.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ME585 Google Maps
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Dec-2019 18:25 |
TigerTimon |
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