Accident Avro Lancaster Mk I W4939,
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Date:Tuesday 22 June 1943
Time:02:15
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:460 Sqn RAAF
Registration: W4939
MSN: UV-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Mönchengladbach, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Binbrook
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Wilhelm Herget of the Stab I./NJG 4 (detached to 3./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands.

Takeoff time: 00:09
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W4939

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W4939

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
23 June 1943 EE166 460 Sqn RAAF 7 near a mill at Mülheim-Heissen, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Jun-2018 16:59 TigerTimon Added
23-Oct-2018 19:43 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]

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