LancasterW4240
Recruit
- 5
- Sep 29, 2019
Hello all!
I am new to the forum, so would be really interested in anything anyone has to offer. I am trying to conduct some research into the loss of Lancaster W4240, PO-A of 467 sqn RAAF, as the navigator on board the aircraft is a distant relative of mine. The aircraft was lost on 18/10/1943, somewhere northeast of Hanover. I already have quite a lot of information on the aircraft, but am trying to find out which German pilot shot the aircraft down. There is a high chance that the pilot responsible is German ace Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgestein, and I would like to confirm this by getting hold of the actual combat report or pilot log book for the night of the 18th October 1943. Does anybody have any information, specifically regarding the Lancaster credited to Wittgestein at 20:35, as written in "Luftwaffe Night Fighter Combat Claims, 1939-45", or know how I can get hold of the original documents, that may have more detail? Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Joe
I am new to the forum, so would be really interested in anything anyone has to offer. I am trying to conduct some research into the loss of Lancaster W4240, PO-A of 467 sqn RAAF, as the navigator on board the aircraft is a distant relative of mine. The aircraft was lost on 18/10/1943, somewhere northeast of Hanover. I already have quite a lot of information on the aircraft, but am trying to find out which German pilot shot the aircraft down. There is a high chance that the pilot responsible is German ace Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgestein, and I would like to confirm this by getting hold of the actual combat report or pilot log book for the night of the 18th October 1943. Does anybody have any information, specifically regarding the Lancaster credited to Wittgestein at 20:35, as written in "Luftwaffe Night Fighter Combat Claims, 1939-45", or know how I can get hold of the original documents, that may have more detail? Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Joe
