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Date: | Thursday 23 September 1943 |
Time: | 23:25 LT |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | DV225 |
MSN: | PH-H |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Iggelheim, Böhl-Iggelheim, Rheinland-Pfalz -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 19:15 hrs (local time) for an operation against Mannheim in Baden-Württemberg.
Homeward-bound, coned by searchlights and engaged by heavy (schwere) Flak.
All seven rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV225&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Jul-2021 16:54 |
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