Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III ED487,
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Date:Thursday 17 June 1943
Time:01:51
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:9 Sqn RAF
Registration: ED487
MSN: WS-D
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Vorst, Laakdal, Antwerp -   Belgium
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Bardney, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Herbert Hubatsch of the 5./NJG 5 (detached to 6./NJG 1), flying Bf 110 G-4 C9+FN from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.

Takeoff time: 22:23
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED487

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ED487

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
17 December 1942 W4155 9 Sqn RAF 5 Niedersachsen w/o
1 January 1945 NG223 9 Sqn RAF 4 w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
14-Jun-2018 17:40 TigerTimon Added
03-Nov-2018 19:42 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]
05-Nov-2022 09:14 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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