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Date: | Friday 31 March 1944 |
Time: | 01:24 claim |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
Registration: | ND738 |
MSN: | AR-E |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Ermreuth, Neunkirchen am Brand, Bayern -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 22:19 hrs for an operation to Nürnberg in Bayern.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Günther Schmidt of the 8./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88 from Twente airfield in the Netherlands.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ND738 Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
31-Mar-2020 11:23 |
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