ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236568
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| Date: | Wednesday 16 September 1942 |
| Time: | 23:45 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4179 |
| MSN: | ZN-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Laurensberg, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 20:30 hrs local time for an operation against the Krupp works at Essen in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was hit by the 1./schwere Flak-Abteilung 514 and crashed.
All seven rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W4179
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 July 1942 | R5683 | 106 Sqn RAF | 7 | Butterwick - Lincolnshire |  |
w/o |
| 1 August 1942 | R5604 | 106 Sqn RAF | 7 | Widdersdorf/Lövenich at Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 12 August 1942 | W4109 | 106 Sqn RAF | 7 | Koblenzer Straße, Waldesch, Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
| 16 August 1942 | R5678 | 106 Sqn RAF | 8 | Düsseldorf-Lörick | |
w/o |
| 19 September 1942 | R5899 | 106 Sqn RAF | 2 | sea off Danzig (Gdańsk) |  |
w/o |
| 2 October 1942 | W4768 | 106 Sqn RAF | 3 | near Krefeld-Bockum; Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 21 December 1942 | R5574 | 106 Sqn RAF | 6 | Beaufort-en-Argonne, Meuse département |  |
w/o |
| 21 December 1942 | R5914 | 106 Sqn RAF | 3 | Schaapbalie, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West Flanders |  |
w/o |
| 4 September 1943 | ED385 | 106 Sqn RAF | 7 | woods near Dollbergen, Uetze, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 7 September 1943 | ED819 | 106 Sqn RAF | 7 | Grünwalder Forst, Bayern | |
w/o |
| 23 September 1943 | DV271 | 106 Sqn RAF | 6 | Grünstadter Berg, Neuleiningen, Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-May-2020 20:24 | TigerTimon | Added |
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