Accident Avro Lancaster Mk I W4843,
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Date:Wednesday 13 January 1943
Time:20:56
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:9 Sqn RAF
Registration: W4843
MSN: WS-K
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:North Sea W of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Waddington
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Horst Pause of the 1./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 F-4 from probably Gilze-Rijen airfield.

Takeoff time: 17:29
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W4843

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W4843

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
9 December 1942 W4764 9 Sqn RAF 7 Marolles-sur-Seine, Seine-et-Marne département w/o
4 July 1943 ED689 9 Sqn RAF 8 into the Rhine river near Köln-Poll, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Aug-2018 06:21 TigerTimon Added
28-Oct-2018 13:20 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
15-Jun-2022 16:11 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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