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Date: | Friday 21 January 1944 |
Time: | 22:30 |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | DV263 |
MSN: | KM-M |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | exploded over Waddekath, Diesdorf, Sachsen-Anhalt -
Germany
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Dunholme Lodge, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 20:26 hrs for an operation to Magdeburg in Sachsen-Anhalt.
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 C-6 R4+XM 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=DV263 Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Dec-2019 20:58 |
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