Accident Avro Lancaster Mk I PD206,
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Date:Friday 29 December 1944
Time:evening
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:170 Sqn RAF
Registration: PD206
MSN: TC-B
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Marl, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Hemswell
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Took off at 15:06 hrs for an operation against Gelsenkirchen/Buer.

The aircraft was hit by Flak over the target and crashed.
All seven rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.

Sources:

Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=PD206&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
29-Aug-2013 12:00 JINX Added
09-Nov-2018 20:45 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]
16-Sep-2021 10:06 TigerTimon Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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