Mid-air collision Accident Avro Lancaster Mk II DS710,
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Date:Thursday 27 January 1944
Time:22:50 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk II
Owner/operator:408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF
Registration: DS710
MSN: EQ-A
Fatalities:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Other fatalities:1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Urfttalsperre, Schleiden, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 17:47 hrs for an operation to Berlin.

Homeward-bound, this aircraft was intercepted by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Werner Baake of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+ML from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
Both aircraft collided in mid-air, Oblt. Baake being the only survivor.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/smith-charles-woodward.html
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
23 May 1944 DS759 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF 7 Hartefeld, Geldern, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Dec-2019 13:18 TigerTimon Added
16-Dec-2019 16:07 TigerTimon Updated [Operator]

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