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Date: | Sunday 2 January 1944 |
Time: | 03:07 LT |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | W4892 |
MSN: | EM-T |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Daimler-Benz factory at Genshagen, Ludwigsfelde, Brandenburg -
Germany
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Spilsby, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 23:50 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft was hit by heavy and light Flak, exploded and crashed near the Daimler-Benz factory.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W4892 Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
12-Dec-2019 08:35 |
TigerTimon |
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