Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III ED453,
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Date:Tuesday 15 June 1943
Time:01:38
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:49 Sqn RAF
Registration: ED453
MSN: EA-G
Fatalities:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Klein Reken, Reken, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Fiskerton
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Hit by heavy Flak units.

Target: Oberhausen
Takeoff time: 22:16
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED453

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED453

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
20 December 1942 R5762 49 Sqn RAF 7 sand dunes south of IJmuiden, Noord-Holland w/o
22 November 1943 JB368 49 Sqn RAF 8 Berlin-Haselhorst w/o
29 July 1944 JB701 49 Sqn RAF 7 Saint-Martin-sur-Oreuse, Thorigny-sur-Oreuse, Yonne département w/o
21 November 1944 PB354 49 Sqn RAF 7 wooded area at Hörstel, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
13-Jun-2018 18:46 TigerTimon Added
30-Oct-2018 05:04 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]

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