Accident Avro Lancaster Mk I R5907,
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Date:Thursday 24 September 1942
Time:03:04 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:9 Sqn RAF
Registration: R5907
MSN: WS-M
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Wismar-Wendorf, Mecklenburg -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Operation - Wismar.
The aircraft was engaged by heavy (schwere) and light (leichte) Flak; crashed.

All seven rest in the 1939-1945 Berlin War Cemetery.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R5907
Google Maps

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
11-Jul-2020 10:21 TigerTimon Added
04-Jul-2022 11:28 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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