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Date: | Thursday 27 January 1944 |
Time: | 22:40 claim |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 626 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | LM380 |
MSN: | UM-S2 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Katzenelnbogen, Rheinland-Pfalz -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 17:28 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Albert Walter of the 1./NJG 6 (based at Mainz-Finthen airfield), who was flying a Bf 110 G-4.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LM380 Google Maps
Revision history:
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