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Date: | Friday 21 July 1944 |
Time: | 01:25 claim |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 90 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | LM189 |
MSN: | WP-U |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Baerl, Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Tuddenham, Suffolk |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 23:16 hrs for a bombing operation against the Rheinpreussen synthetic oil installation at Meerbeck.
The aircraft was intercepted by a night fighter and engaged by heavy (schwere) Flak.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/mcglone-frank.html Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-Oct-2020 18:41 |
TigerTimon |
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