Accident Avro Lancaster Mk I ME725,
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Date:Wednesday 6 December 1944
Time:20:35 approx
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:61 Sqn RAF
Registration: ME725
MSN: QR-G
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Ilschhausen, Ebsdorfergrund, Hessen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Skellingthorpe, UK
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Took off at 16:39 hrs for an operation against Giessen.

Crashed due to night fighter attack. Two crew members died.

Sources:

https://fliegerschicksale.de.tl/06-.--Dezember-1944.htm
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History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
3 June 1942 R5562 61 Sqn RAF 6 Rees, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
24 March 1944 JB129 61 Sqn RAF 7 Rimbeck, Warburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
15-May-2015 16:25 gerard57 Added
02-Jun-2015 13:41 yarbi Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport]
14-Sep-2021 08:42 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]

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