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Date: | Friday 25 February 1944 |
Time: | 01:38 claim |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 622 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | LM442 |
MSN: | GI-P |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 8 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | a hill in a wooded area 2 km north-northwest of Gräfendorf, Bayern -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 20:40 hrs for an operation to Schweinfurt in Bayern.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Alfred Rauer of the 3./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+LL from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
Four crew members managed to escape and survived, they were taken prisoner of war.
The bomber crashed and exploded.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LM442 Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Jan-2020 12:06 |
TigerTimon |
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