Accident Avro Lancaster Mk I R5687,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 213655
 
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Date:Wednesday 28 July 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:50 Sqn RAF
Registration: R5687
MSN: VN-D
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Bremerhaven-Lehe -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Skellingthorpe
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Hit by a Flak barrage over Bremerhaven.

Takeoff time: 23:04
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R5687

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R5687

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
25 June 1944 JA899 50 Sqn RAF 8 Ribeaucourt, Somme département w/o
29 July 1944 LM210 50 Sqn RAF 7 Huchenfeld, Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg w/o
13 August 1944 PD237 50 Sqn RAF 0 La Coubre sector, Charente-Maritime département w/o
3 February 1945 PA223 50 Sqn RAF 6 4 km SW of Hochfelden w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
26-Jul-2018 15:55 TigerTimon Added
02-Nov-2018 20:11 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]

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