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Date: | Wednesday 14 April 1943 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | W4828 |
MSN: | PM-G |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Saint-Mars-d'Outille, Loire -
France
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Bombing mission to Italy. Mid air collision with 12 Sqn Lancaster III ED714. Both complete crews perished in the accident.
Sources:
Personnel files of the RCAF crew members contain the official loss report, loss investigation and post war grave registrations.
103 Sqn records from The National Archives UK
https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=w4828&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=W4828
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
1 April 1943 |
ED626 |
103 Sqn RAF |
7 |
5 km east of Hulshorst station, Gelderland |
|
w/o |
18 October 1943 |
JB349 |
103 Sqn RAF |
7 |
southwest of Hildesheim, Niedersachsen |
|
w/o |
23 May 1944 |
ND629 |
103 Sqn RAF |
7 |
5 km north of Ahaus, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
|
w/o |
6 March 1945 |
PB563 |
103 Sqn RAF |
7 |
Königerode/Unterharz, 15 km NNW of Sangerhausen/Unterharz. |
|
w/o |
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