ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 264605
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Date: | Friday 24 September 1943 |
Time: | 01:00 approx |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | LM336 |
MSN: | DX-G |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near the Rue du Louvre street, Paris -
France
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 19:15 hrs (local time) for an operation against Mannheim in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was hit by Flak over the northeastern suburbs of Paris; crashed in flames.
All seven rest in the Clichy Northern Cemetery in the Hauts-de-Seine département.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=2167 Google Maps
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