ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228055
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| Date: | Sunday 25 June 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 50 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ME798 |
| MSN: | VN-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Hardinval, Hem-Hardinval {Somme} -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Lancaster ME798 Takeoff at 22:36 hrs for a bombing operation against a flying bomb site at Prouville.
Exploded in mid air following a night fighter attack and crashed near Hardinval {Somme}.
Sources:
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=me798
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/lancaster/25841-ME7981944-06-25.html
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=955
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 August 1942 | L7534 | 50 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Aug-2019 16:38 | tachel | Added |
| 16-Oct-2020 09:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jan-2021 09:42 | ABBA | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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